Discovering Aptitude for the Modern Languages

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1933Publisher:WileyJournal:The Modern Language Journal, volume 18, page 160 (issn: 0026-7902,

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Authors: H. D. Richardson;

doi: 10.2307/314686 , 10.1111/j.1540-4781.1933.tb00074.x

Discovering Aptitude for the Modern Languages

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Author's summary.— This study describes the use of the Symonds Foreign Language Prognostic Test for purposes of prediction and placement in the modern foreign languages. Prognostic test scores correlate .64±.046 with first semester grades and they can be used to advantage in selecting good “risks” for modem foreign language study.

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