Issues in the assessment of bilingually educated students: expressing subject knowledge through L1 and L2

• Published in: Language learning journal Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 151 - 164
• Main Author: Gablasova, Dana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 01.01.2014; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accuracy; Bilingual Education; Bilingual Education Programs; Bilingualism; Content and language integrated learning; Content Area Instruction; Contrastive Linguistics; Course Content; English as a Second Language; Fluency; Foreign Countries; High School Students; Integrated Activities; Knowledge Level; Language assessment; Language Dominance; Language Fluency; Language of Instruction; Language Tests; Language Usage; Learning Activities; Medium of instruction; Native Language; Oral Language; Second Language Learning; Secondary school students; Slovak; Slovak language; Slovakia; Statistical Analysis; Student Evaluation; Vocabulary; Slovakia

This article discusses issues related to oral assessment of school knowledge of L2-educated students. In particular, it examines benefits and disadvantages of students being tested in their L1 (their dominant language) and in their L2 (their language of instruction). The study draws on the data from...