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The Measurement of Bilingualism

Problems of defining bilinguals are illustrated by the measurement and categorization at such individuals and groups. This chapter, therefore, begins by clarifying the different reasons for measuring bilinguals and multilinguals. Yet the simplification of categorization often hides the complexity of individuality Sorting often simplifies unsympathetically. Yet over complexity can be unwelcoming and confusing.

The purposes

DISTRIBUTION

SELECTION

SUMMATIVE

FORMATIVE

The assessment

Criterion refernce language test:

a curriculum approach to langugae test

Limitations

1. AMBIGUITY

2. CONTEXT

3. SOCIAL DESIRABILITY SUJECTIVITY

4. ACQUIESCENT RESPONSE

5. SELF AWARENESS

6. POINT OF REFERENCE

7. TEST AURA

8. NARROW SAMPLING OF DIMENSIONS OF LANGUAGE

9. INSENSITIVE TO CHANGE

10. LAVELING

Communicative language testing

There are many languages that need some certificates for size the knowledge, the comprehension according with some real communicative situation on the real life, in representation of the most realistic and representation data

A political view of language testing

Language testing is not a neutral activity. Expense of minority languages). A language testing policy 15 typically an operationalized language policy.

Examples of the measurement of bilinguals in research

Censuses

Limitations

1. Language Background Scales

2. Language Balance

and Dominance Measures

Such censuses are often perceived by governments as providing relatively accurate measures of the number of language speakers in local communities, regions and countries.

Language census data contain limitations, even when there is a long tradicional of compilation