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Using the CLB in WorkLINC 在WorkLINC中使用CLB
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-16 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.30439
A. Beaulne
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引用次数: 0
Evaluating the Oral Language Skills of English-Stream and French Immersion Students: Are the CLB/NCLC Applicable? 评估英语流和法语浸入式学生的口语技能:CLB/NCLC是否适用?
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-16 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.30461
Diana Burchell, Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher, Janani Selvachandran, P. Cleave, Xi Chen
{"title":"Evaluating the Oral Language Skills of English-Stream and French Immersion Students: Are the CLB/NCLC Applicable?","authors":"Diana Burchell, Kathleen Hipfner-Boucher, Janani Selvachandran, P. Cleave, Xi Chen","doi":"10.37213/cjal.2020.30461","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37213/cjal.2020.30461","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the oral language skills of grade-two anglophone children enrolled in French Immersion and English-stream programs. The study had two objectives: (a) to compare performance between the groups on measures of receptive vocabulary, narrative comprehension, and narrative production (i.e., structure and language) in English, and (b) to explore the applicability of the Canadian Language Benchmarks/Niveaux de compétences linguistiques canadiens (CLB/NCLC) to assessment of their conversational competency. All children (English-stream n = 27, French Immersion n = 33, aged 7-8 years) were tested in English. In addition, the French Immersion students were tested using equivalent measures in French. The results comparing performance in English revealed no differences between the groups on receptive vocabulary, narrative comprehension and narrative structure. However, the English-stream children outperformed their French Immersion peers in narrative language. Furthermore, CLB/NCLC listening and speaking criteria were applied to conversational samples yielding level scores in English (both groups) and French (French Immersion only). The range of benchmarks that are appropriate for this population is discussed in detail.","PeriodicalId":43961,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85552886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Examining Rater Performance on the CELBAN Speaking: A Many-Facets Rasch Measurement Analysis 考察在CELBAN口语中的表现:一个多方面的Rasch测量分析
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-16 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.30436
Peiyu Wang, Karen L. Coetzee, Andy Strachan, S. Monteiro, Liying Cheng
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引用次数: 2
Portfolio Based Language Assessment (PBLA) in Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Programs: Taking Stock of Teachers' Experience 加拿大新移民(LINC)项目语言教学中的基于组合的语言评估(PBLA):评估教师的经验
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-16 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.31121
Nwara Abdulhamid, Janna Fox
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引用次数: 0
Developing a Badge System for a Community ESL Class Based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks 基于加拿大语言基准的社区ESL课程徽章系统的开发
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-10-16 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.30438
R. M. McCollum, Elena Tornar Reed
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引用次数: 1
Metalinguistic Reflection and Computer-Mediated Communication: An Interventionist approach to Language Study Abroad 元语言反思与计算机媒介交流:国外语言学习的干预主义研究
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-07-10 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.28958
M. McGregor
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引用次数: 3
Tu vas à la cerise les dimanches ? L’importance de travailler la perception et la production de phonèmes en allemand langue étrangère 你星期天去la cerise吗?学习德语作为一门外语的音素的感知和产生的重要性
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-07-10 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.28661
I. Wouters, Véronique Fortier
{"title":"Tu vas à la cerise les dimanches ? L’importance de travailler la perception et la production de phonèmes en allemand langue étrangère","authors":"I. Wouters, Véronique Fortier","doi":"10.37213/cjal.2020.28661","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37213/cjal.2020.28661","url":null,"abstract":"L’enseignement de la prononciation est loin d’avoir ete aussi etudie que, par exemple, l’enseignement de la grammaire et du vocabulaire (Saito, 2015), et les participants des etudes sur le sujet ont le plus souvent l’anglais comme langue maternelle ou langue cible (Lee, Jang, et Plonsky, 2015). Ainsi, afin d’enrichir la recherche dans ce domaine et d’en etendre la portee a d’autres langues, nous avons mene une etude exploratoire basee sur un devis quasi experimental aupres de 64 participants francophones apprenant l’allemand comme langue etrangere. Nous nous sommes penchees sur cinq sons consonantiques juges problematiques pour les francophones, vises lors de cinq courtes sequences d’enseignement explicite offertes a deux groupes experimentaux. Les resultats des participants aux tests (perception et production) faits avant et apres les sequences experimentales montrent que l’enseignement propose, bien que de courte duree (total : 65 minutes), a permis aux groupes experimentaux de montrer des gains significatifs.","PeriodicalId":43961,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics","volume":"3 1","pages":"23-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91142399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Agentive Apprenticeship of Observation and English Teacher Identity: A Pakistani Case of Learning to Teach English 观察的代理学徒制与英语教师身份:一个巴基斯坦的英语教学案例
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-07-10 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.28736
L. A. Channa
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引用次数: 5
Review of Wen, Z. & Ahmadian, M. J. (Eds.). (2019). Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy: In honour of Peter Skehan. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-07-10 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.30818
Eva Kartchava
{"title":"Review of Wen, Z. & Ahmadian, M. J. (Eds.). (2019). Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy: In honour of Peter Skehan. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.","authors":"Eva Kartchava","doi":"10.37213/cjal.2020.30818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.37213/cjal.2020.30818","url":null,"abstract":"Book review: Wen, Z. & Ahmadian, M. J. (Eds.). (2019). Researching L2 task performance and pedagogy: In honour of Peter Skehan. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. https://doi.org/10.1075/tblt.13","PeriodicalId":43961,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics","volume":"74 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2020-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80628423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
A Textual Discourse Analysis of Introductions in Textbooks of Humanities and Basic Sciences 人文基础教科书导论的语篇分析
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Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-07-10 DOI: 10.37213/cjal.2020.28750
Sara Shahab, N. Rashidi, F. Sadighi, M. Yamini
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