Keeping the Optic Constant
A Framework of Principles for Writing and Specifying the AEI Definitions of Language Abilities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8937469 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pardee Lowe (State Key Laboratory of Cryptology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 358-380 |
| Publication date | 1998-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1998.tb00582.x |
| OpenAlex | W2127975418 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
This article examines the need to keep constant the optic, the framework within which the AEI definitions, both the ILR Language Skill Level Descriptions and the ACTFL Guidelines, are revised and more fully specified. Although the definitions have been used for a variety of purposes, such as curriculum development, the discussion below focuses on their use in describing and assessing foreign language user abilities. The author raises issues concerning the delimiting of the AEI ranges, parsimony, and more fully specifying the criterion‐referenced nature of the definitions as well as those concerning their use for assessing the abilities of target language natives and of heritage speakers. In the following, seventeen principles are presented and their utility examined for keeping the optic constant
Constant (computer programming · Curriculum · Foreign language · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Natural language processing · Pedagogy · Programming language · Second language · Second language writing · Variety (cybernetics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Second Language Learning and Teaching
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2003 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |