American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Sixth Annual Meeting

1972 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-18
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
American Council

Testing Listening Comprehension in the Context of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

1988 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 245-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Douglas
Keyword(s):  
Listening Comprehension ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Detailed Consideration ◽  
American Council ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Listening Tests ◽  
Criterion Referenced

This article discusses issues related to the testing of listening comprehension in the context of the 1986 ACTFL proficiency guidelines (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1987). After a review of current research on listening comprehension and development of listening tests, four issues are singled out for more detailed consideration: the meaning ofcontextin listening testing, the concept of criterion-referenced tests, the notion of specific purposes in testing, and the use of technology in listening tests. A number of research issues are also discussed.

scholarly journals Tenth Annual Meeting of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies

1993 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-573
Author(s):  
Yushau Sadiq
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Historical Account ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
American Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
Dickinson College

The general theme, "Islam and Muslim Issues around the World ," wasdiscussed in six two-hour sessions. After the welcome address b y MichaelBishku, the conference coordinator, the first session began withdiscussion on "Nationalism in the Balkans." Pet ya Nitzova presented apaper on theMuslims of Bulgaria. Nedzib Sacirbey outlined the historical causes ofthe problems of Bosnian Muslims and said that what is now happeningin Bosnia is a preplanned anti-Muslim policy dating back to 1917. EdwardDamich (George Mason University, Fairfax, VA), who focused on theCroats, disagreed. Both papers generated a heated debate."Islam in the Arab World" was the topic of the second session. DavidCommins (Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA) talked about the Muslim Bmthersand Egyptian popular culture. He gave a historical account of howthis movement was founded by Hasan al Banna and how it incorporatedand adapted elements of Egyptian culture, especially the Sufi culture, intoits program. Ibrahim Abu Rabi' (Hartford Seminary, West Hartford, cr)enlightened the audience with his presentation "Reading the IntellectualHistory of the Modem Arab World: The Islamic Factor." He explainedhow Islamic ideologies influenced the thoughts of some of Arab intellectuals,especially Sayyid Qutub ...

scholarly journals EVALUATING ENGLISH FOR IRAQ TEXTBOOK GRADE 5 IN TERMS OF TEXTBOOK QUALITY STANDARDS

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 148-158
Author(s):  
Habar Hussein JASSIM ◽  
Rafid Raaof JASSIM
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Quality Standards ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
American Council ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Grade 5

This study attempts to evaluate English for Iraq textbook grade 5 and compare English for Iraq 5 Pupil's book and Activity book in light of the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Standards. The study approach is descriptive as the researcher uses content analysis to analyze the activities of all 8 units in English for Iraq textbook and then determine the availability of ATCFL standards in the textbook. The collected data were analyzed statistically. The results of this study indicated that English for Iraq textbook grade 5 matches the ATCFL five main standards ( communication, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities) moderately since English for Iraq textbook grade 5 matches cultures and connections standards largely whereas it matches communications, comparisons, and communities moderately.

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