The Speaking Proficiency Outcomes of Face-to-Face and Online Intensive Summer LCTL Programs
| Title: | The Speaking Proficiency Outcomes of Face-to-Face and Online Intensive Summer LCTL Programs |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Dianna Murphy (ORCID |
| Source: | Foreign Language Annals. 2024 57(4):872-899. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 28 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | Office of Postsecondary Education (ED) Department of Education (ED) |
| Contract Number: | P017A20001421 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Speech Communication, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Proficiency, Oral Language, Language Tests, Arabic, Sino Tibetan Languages, Turkic Languages, Indo European Languages, Dravidian Languages, Portuguese, Indonesian, Turkish, Urdu, Language Variation, Intensive Language Courses, Outcomes of Education, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Online Courses, COVID-19, Pandemics, Summer Programs, In Person Learning, Second Language Programs |
| Assessment and Survey Identifiers: | ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview |
| DOI: | 10.1111/flan.12758 |
| ISSN: | 0015-718X 1944-9720 |
| Abstract: | This article is the first large-scale study to document the speaking proficiency outcomes of intensive programs in less commonly taught languages in US higher education. Speaking proficiency was measured by pre- and postprogram ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews (N = 484) in 14 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, Hindi, Indonesian, Kazakh, Persian, Tamil, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Urdu, Uyghur, and Uzbek. The intensive programs are usually taught face-to-face but were offered fully online during the COVID-19 pandemic. No significant difference in speaking proficiency outcomes, as measured by the ACTFL OPI, was found between the face-to-face and online formats. Students at all levels of instruction made significant gains in speaking proficiency, with greater gains made by students in Level 1 than at Levels 2-3, and with wide variation within instructional levels. The average speaking proficiency outcomes were Advanced Low (Level 3), Intermediate High (Level 2), and between Intermediate Low and Intermediate Mid (Level 1). |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1452841 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| ISSN: | 0015-718X 1944-9720 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/flan.12758 |
| Published in: | Foreign Language Annals |
| Language: | English |