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Wei, Miaochun.

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Chinese Placement Procedures at U.S. Postsecondary Institutions.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Chinese Placement Procedures at U.S. Postsecondary Institutions./
作者:	Wei, Miaochun.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2017,
面頁冊數:	273 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-08A(E).
標題:	Foreign language education. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10262098
ISBN:	9781369666502

Chinese Placement Procedures at U.S. Postsecondary Institutions.
Wei, Miaochun.

Chinese Placement Procedures at U.S. Postsecondary Institutions. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2017 - 273 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--The George Washington University, 2017.

This quant-QUAL sequential explanatory mixed methods study describes a framework for evaluating the communicative competence (Canale & Swain, 1980; Canale, 1983) of non-beginner students of Chinese for placement purposes at U.S. four-year postsecondary institutions. A pragmatic lens was used to collect and analyze data that generated a descriptive portrait of current Chinese placement procedures. Three data sources informed this study: (1) a sample of randomly-selected institutional websites on Chinese placement procedures (n1 = 226), (2) an online survey of program coordinators' perceptions (n2 = 27), and (3) a follow-up semi-structured individual interview with Chinese program coordinators (n3 = 20). Findings revealed that five procedures are commonly used: (a) written test, (b) oral interview, (c) background questionnaire, (d) standardized tests (Advanced Placement, and International Baccalaureate), and (e) seat-time equivalency. An individual oral interview is the most appropriate procedure that fits many characteristics as the literature suggested (Bloom and Allison, 1949; Heilenman, 1983; Shohamy, 1998; Bernhardt, Rivera, and Kamil, 2004; O'Sullivan, 2011; Kane, 2012). These procedures encompassed all the four phases in the history of foreign or world language placement procedures at U.S. postsecondary institutions (Latoja, 2001; Spolsky, 2000). A fifth phase using individual interviews and background questionnaires is proposed in the present study. In addition, three types of accommodation strategies for placing students are identified: (a) student-oriented, (b) class-oriented, and (c) other resources. Student heterogeneity and placement policies are also identified to affect the Chinese placement procedures.

ISBN: 9781369666502Subjects--Topical Terms:

3172512
Foreign language education.

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