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Unbiased Language Assessment: Contributions of Linguistic Theory

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dc.contributor.authorde Villiers, Jill G.
dc.contributor.departmentSmith College
dc.date2023-09-23T23:43:56.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T08:09:27Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T08:09:27Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-01
dc.descriptionPublished in: <a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011516-033854">Unbiased Language Assessment: Contributions of Linguistic Theory</a> Jill G. de Villiers Annual Review of Linguistics 2017 3:1, 309-330
dc.description.abstractThis review addresses several situations of language learning to make concrete the issue of fairness—and justice—that arises in designing assessments. First, I discuss the implications of dialect variation in American English, asking how assessment has taken dialect into consideration. Second, I address the question of how to assess the distributed knowledge of bilingual or dual-language learners. The evaluation of the language skills of children growing up in poverty asks whether the current focus on the quantity of caregiver input is misplaced. Third, I address a special case in which the young speakers of a minority language, Romani, are judged to be unfit for schooling because they fail tests in the state language. Finally, I examine the difficult issue of language assessments in countries with multiple official languages and few resources. In each of these areas, the involvement and expertise of linguists are essential for knowing how the grammar works and what might be important to assess.
dc.description.pages309-330
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011516-033854
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/564
dc.relation.ispartofAnnual Review of Linguistics
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&amp;context=aae_groundwork&amp;unstamped=1
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dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjectassessment
dc.subjectdialects
dc.subjectbilingualism
dc.subjectminority languages
dc.subjectmulticulturalism
dc.titleUnbiased Language Assessment: Contributions of Linguistic Theory
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