Sentence Repetition Testing for Studies of Community Bilingualism (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 104)

Radloff, Carla F./ Hallberg, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0883126672 / ISBN 13: 9780883126677

Published by Summer Institute of Linguistics, Academic Pub, 1991

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194 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sentence Repetition Testing for Studies of Community Bilingualism (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 104)
• Publisher: Summer Institute of Linguistics, Academic Pub
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0883126672
• ISBN 13: 9780883126677
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.34 kilograms

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Synopsis

Sentence repetition testing (SRT) is a methodology for investigating patterns of community-wide bilingualism. It is a screening device for testing for bilingualism in an entire community, and it is a valid test for second-language proficiency. High correlations have been found between the performance of second-language speakers on SRTs and descriptive estimations of second-language proficiency. These two methodologies give promise of being reliable in the assessment of language proficiency in low literacy rate contexts.

About the Author

Carla F. Radloff serves with SIL International in the West Asia as a language survey specialist and has conducted language surveys in Pakistan. She received a M.Sc. in Communicative Disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1972.