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In:The Construct of Language Proficiency: Applications of psychological models to language assessment
Edited by Ludo Verhoeven and John H.A.L. de Jong
[Not in series 62] 1992
► pp. v–vi

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Published online: 29 October 1992

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Table of contents

PrefaceVii

Introduction

1. Modeling and assessing language proficiency3

John H.A.L. de Jong

Section 1. First Language Proficiency

2. The construct of grammar in early language development23

3. Dimensons in grammatical proficiency33

Wim H.J. van Bon

4. Monitoring reading and spelling achievement49

Martin J.C. Mommers

5. Speech activity theory and reading comprehension assessment61

Mariëtte J. de Haan

6. Assessment of reading disabilities71

Aryan van der Leij

7. Information analysis in written discourse85

8. Large scale writing assessment101

Kees de Glopper

Section 2: Multilingual Proficiency

9. Differential item functioning115

10. Assessment of bilingual proficiency125

11. Self-assessment of minority language proficiency137

12. Exploring the second language learner lexicon147

13. Modeling communicative second language competence163

14. Modeling and assessing foreign language loss175

15. Dimensions in oral foreign language proficiency187

John H.A.L. de Jong

Lieneke W. van Ginkel

Subject index207

List of contributors211