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Foreign Language Assessment for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute

An ad hoc committee will evaluate the different approaches that exist to assess foreign language proficiency and that the State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI) could potentially use to ...
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Washback Effects in Language Testing and Education

Modern language testing exerts a profound influence on educational practice through the phenomenon known as washback, whereby assessment shapes curriculum, pedagogy and learner behaviour. Positive ...
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CIWT-Managed Foreign Language Testing Sites Reopen for Business

PENSACOLA, Fla. – The Center for Information Warfare Training-managed foreign language testing sites in Everett, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Pensacola, and San Diego will resume foreign language testing ...
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A Principled Approach to Language Assessment: Considerations for the U.S. Foreign Service Institute

This chapter provides an overview of the FSI testing context. It discusses how languages are used in the Foreign Service (the target language use domain of the test), how FSI assesses the language ...