BEST Literacy 2.0 Submitted for Review
CAL submitted BEST Literacy 2.0, its adult English test of Reading and Writing, for approval by the Department of Education Office
CAL submitted BEST Literacy 2.0, its adult English test of Reading and Writing, for approval by the Department of Education Office
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Why the change from cross-cultural understanding to sociocultural competence? Why not have a separate strand for sociocultural competence? This post takes a look at these questions through the lens of the 3 pillars of dual language (DL) education as expressed in the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education, 3rd edition (Howard, et al., 2018).
Mina Niu, Kristine Nugent
September 2018
Test Development Manager
Dr. Dorry Kenyon, Vice President, Director of Assessment at CAL, has been selected as the incoming chair for the Defense Language Testing Advisory Panel (DELTAP). Dr. Kenyon, having served on DELTAP since 2006, will assume chairmanship of the panel beginning fall, 2015.
Manager, Test Development
New York State, via subcontract from MetriTech
Did you know that the earlier editions of the Guiding Principles referred to the third pillar as โcross-cultural understandingโ rather than โsociocultural competence?โ The change in terms in the 3rd edition was deliberate. It reflects a shift in thinking in two important ways: first, โcross-cultural understandingโ infers that developing cultural competence is viable only in two-way programs attended by fairly equal numbers of English home-language students and โpartnerโ home-language students and, secondly, that cultural competence may be limited to positive attitudes and feelings of self-esteem.