Arabic-L:LING:Proficiency Test Query

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Date: 26 Jul 1999
From: "G. KHATTAB" <lnpgk at ARTS-01.NOVELL.LEEDS.AC.UK>
Subject: Proficiency Test Query

Hello,

I am a PhD student working with English-Arabic bilingual children
aged 5-10. I intend to study phonological interference in my
subjects' production in each of the languages. I first need to
establish their oral proficiency level and phonological awareness in
each of the languages. Though Arabic is the first language of my
subjects,  English seems to be their dominant language, as was
determined following informal assessment procedures (investigation
into their language use and interviews with the parents, teachers,
and subjects).
I also need formal means of measuring my subjects' proficiency
level in each of the languages. While some standardized tests have
different versions for certain languages like English and Spanish
(e.g. Bilingual Syntax Measure - Oral English and Spanish
Proficiency Placement Test), I cannot find a test that I can use for
English AND Arabic, and I am aware of the problems associated
with translating a test into another language.
Does anyone know of any test (or any other measurement
procedures) which I can use to measure my subjects' oral ability
and phonological awareness in English and Arabic?
Thank you very much.

Ghada Khattab
Department of Linguistics and Phonetics
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
LNPGK at leeds.ac.uk

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