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Center for Comparative Analysis of Educational Achievement, COMPEAT
Center for Comparative Analysis of Educational Achievement, COMPEAT
  2. Center for Comparative Analysis of Educational Achievement, COMPEAT
  3. Studies before 1995
  4. Six Subject Survey 1970
  5. Study of French as a Foreign Language 1970

Study of French as a Foreign Language 1970

The Study of French as a Foreign Language is part of the Six Subject Study 1970. The study investigated factors associated with the learning of French as a foreign language. Tests were developed to assess performance in reading, listening, speaking and writing. Two types of writing tests were used. The first could be reliably scored, being of an objective or quasi-objective nature. The second involved directed composition. The data were collected in 1971.

Target Population

This was 14-year-old students and students in the final grade of the secondary school.

Participating Educational Systems

Chile, England, Netherlands, New Zealand, Romania, Scotland, Sweden, United States. Please note that most but not all countries participated in all studies.
Link to IEA website

Data - Population

Chile

England and Wales

Netherlands  

New Zealand

Romania

Scotland

Sweden  

USA   

Instruments

French as a Foreign Language

Population 1-4

Contents

Contents of French as Second language for Populations 1 to 4, overview (pdf)

Scripts Listening - Speaking

French as Second language for populations 1 to 4. Listening scripts, English and French (pdf 1,9 MB)

Scoring Keys

French as Second language for population 1 to 4. Scoring keys. (pdf)

French Listening

French as Second language for population 1. Listening (pdf)

French as Second language for population 2. Listening (pdf)

French as Second language for population 4. Listening (pdf)

French Reading

French as Second language for population 1. Reading (pdf)

French as Second language for population 2. Reading (pdf)

French as Second language for population 4. Reading (pdf)

French Writing

French as Second language for population 2. Writing (pdf)

French as Second language for population 4. Writing (pdf)

French Speaking

International

Population II

French Speaking

International

Population IV

French Speaking

International

Teacher

Teacher Questionnaire French as a Foreign Language

Swedish

Publications

International

Carroll, J. B. (1975). The teaching of French as a foreign language in eight countries V.

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