Eugene J Briere
Biographic Data
| ID | 739515 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugene J Briere |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugene J |
| FAMILY NAME | Briere |
| SIGNATURE | BRIERE E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1963 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Limited English Speakers and the Miranda Rights
Variables Affecting Native Mexican Children's Learning Spanish as a Second Language 1
To assess the effect of the different variables of theoretical and practical interest to second language research, 920 Native Mexican children, aged five through twelve, learning Spanish as a second language were tested on a Spanish language achievement test. The variables measured for investigation were: order of presentation of the different parts of the test; age, sex and native languages of the children; whether the father, mother and sibling…
Norming Tests of ESL among Amerindian Children
This paper describes the considerations involved and results obtained in establishing norms for English proficiency tests developed for the intermediate grades in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. A brief description of item types in the three sections of the test and the objectives of the test battery are given. The steps taken to account for situational, test, and individual factors; the workshops held for test administrators; the production of…
Are We Really Measuring Proficiency with Our Foreign Language Tests
Operational definitions of the differences between “achievement” and “proficiency” in foreign language performances are given. The development of different methods of teaching foreign languages and the subsequent tests related to each method are reviewed and discussed, current attempts to measure “proficiency” in foreign languages are seriously questioned as being inadequate. To eliminate some of the most glaring inadequacies in language testing,…
ESL Testing on the Navajo Reservation
Since about 1964, the Navajo Area Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been using the Fries/Rojas American English Series (New York: D. C. Heath, 1952-57) for all of the elementary schools throughout the Navajo reservation. Unfortunately, many of the excellent classroom teachers in the Navajo Agency schools are untrained in ESL methodology. Many of the teachers throughout the five sub-agencies of the Navajo area expressed a strong desire fo…
Current Trends in Second Language Testing
The second conference on Problems in Foreign Language Testing was held at the Idyllwild campus of the University of Southern California November 7-9, 1968. Eleven papers were presented by the participants. The papers covered many aspects of the field of language testing and ranged from the highly theoretical to the highly pragmatic. This paper is an attempt to summarize the content of some of the papers presented at that conference in order to re…
Testing Esl Among Navajo Children
Phonological Testing Reconsidere1
The Psychologist and the Foreign Language Teacher. Wilga Rivers
Quantity Before Quality in Second Language Composition
An Investigation of Phonological Interference
1. The ease or difficulty of learning phonological categories, experienced by a speaker of language X attempting to learn language Y, has been attributed by linguists to (1) the competing phonemic categories of native language (N) and target language (T) systems, (2) the allophonic membership of these phonemic categories, and (3) the distributions of these categories within their respective systems. It has been noted that the higher the degree of…
Language Teaching, a Scientific Approach . Robert Lado
Testing the Control of Parts of Speech in Fl Compositions1
Improving English Speakers' Pronunciation of French
An Investigation of Phonological Interference
1. The ease or difficulty of learning phonological categories, experienced by a speaker of language X attempting to learn language Y, has been attributed by linguists to (1) the competing phonemic categories of native language (N) and target language (T) systems, (2) the allophonic membership of these phonemic categories, and (3) the distributions of these categories within their respective systems. It has been noted that the higher the degree of…
Limited English Speakers and the Miranda Rights
Variables Affecting Native Mexican Children's Learning Spanish as a Second Language 1
To assess the effect of the different variables of theoretical and practical interest to second language research, 920 Native Mexican children, aged five through twelve, learning Spanish as a second language were tested on a Spanish language achievement test. The variables measured for investigation were: order of presentation of the different parts of the test; age, sex and native languages of the children; whether the father, mother and sibling…
Are We Really Measuring Proficiency with Our Foreign Language Tests
Operational definitions of the differences between “achievement” and “proficiency” in foreign language performances are given. The development of different methods of teaching foreign languages and the subsequent tests related to each method are reviewed and discussed, current attempts to measure “proficiency” in foreign languages are seriously questioned as being inadequate. To eliminate some of the most glaring inadequacies in language testing,…
Quantity Before Quality in Second Language Composition
Phonological Testing Reconsidere1
Improving English Speakers' Pronunciation of French
Testing the Control of Parts of Speech in Fl Compositions1
Language Teaching, a Scientific Approach . Robert Lado
The Psychologist and the Foreign Language Teacher. Wilga Rivers
Quantity Before Quality in Second Language Composition
An Investigation of Phonological Interference
1. The ease or difficulty of learning phonological categories, experienced by a speaker of language X attempting to learn language Y, has been attributed by linguists to (1) the competing phonemic categories of native language (N) and target language (T) systems, (2) the allophonic membership of these phonemic categories, and (3) the distributions of these categories within their respective systems. It has been noted that the higher the degree of…
Phonological Testing Reconsidere1
Testing Esl Among Navajo Children
ESL Testing on the Navajo Reservation
Since about 1964, the Navajo Area Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been using the Fries/Rojas American English Series (New York: D. C. Heath, 1952-57) for all of the elementary schools throughout the Navajo reservation. Unfortunately, many of the excellent classroom teachers in the Navajo Agency schools are untrained in ESL methodology. Many of the teachers throughout the five sub-agencies of the Navajo area expressed a strong desire fo…
Current Trends in Second Language Testing
The second conference on Problems in Foreign Language Testing was held at the Idyllwild campus of the University of Southern California November 7-9, 1968. Eleven papers were presented by the participants. The papers covered many aspects of the field of language testing and ranged from the highly theoretical to the highly pragmatic. This paper is an attempt to summarize the content of some of the papers presented at that conference in order to re…
Norming Tests of ESL among Amerindian Children
This paper describes the considerations involved and results obtained in establishing norms for English proficiency tests developed for the intermediate grades in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. A brief description of item types in the three sections of the test and the objectives of the test battery are given. The steps taken to account for situational, test, and individual factors; the workshops held for test administrators; the production of…
Are We Really Measuring Proficiency with Our Foreign Language Tests
Operational definitions of the differences between “achievement” and “proficiency” in foreign language performances are given. The development of different methods of teaching foreign languages and the subsequent tests related to each method are reviewed and discussed, current attempts to measure “proficiency” in foreign languages are seriously questioned as being inadequate. To eliminate some of the most glaring inadequacies in language testing,…
Limited English Speakers and the Miranda Rights
Variables Affecting Native Mexican Children's Learning Spanish as a Second Language 1
To assess the effect of the different variables of theoretical and practical interest to second language research, 920 Native Mexican children, aged five through twelve, learning Spanish as a second language were tested on a Spanish language achievement test. The variables measured for investigation were: order of presentation of the different parts of the test; age, sex and native languages of the children; whether the father, mother and sibling…
Linguistics (14 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Library science (6 works) · Citation (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works)