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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815602903321

Titolo

The construct of language proficiency : applications of psychological models to language assessment / / edited by Ludo Verhoeven and John H.A.L. de Jong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992

ISBN

1-280-49735-1

9786613592583

90-272-7402-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VerhoevenLudo Th

JongJohn H. A. L. de <1947->

Disciplina

407.6

Soggetti

Language and languages - Ability testing

Language and languages - Study and teaching - Psychological aspects

Language acquisition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a symposium held within the 1st European Congress of Psychology, Amsterdam, July 1989.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

section 1. First language proficiency -- section 2. Multilingual proficiency.

Sommario/riassunto

This books aims to open up new perspectives in the study of language proficiency by bringing together current research from different fields in psychology and linguistics. All contributions start out from empirical studies, which are then related to applications in language assessment. The book also serves as a survey of recent developments in psycholinguistic research in the Netherlands. The book starts out with a thorough introduction of international literature on models of language proficiency, language development and its assessment. Section 1 deals with first language proficiency and add