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Language Proficiency Descriptors

Language Proficiency Descriptors is a standardized framework that specifies the linguistic abilities characteristic of different levels of language competence within a proficiency scale, distinguishing it from other assessment tools by providing qualitative descriptions of what learners can typically demonstrate in receptive and productive skills at each level.

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270

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146

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2017–2026

29

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Proficiency Descriptors

Parents

Publications

103

Cognitive/Academic Language Proficiency, Linguistic Interdependence, the Optimum Age Question and Some Other Matters. Working Papers on Bilingualism, No. 19.

Jim Cummins · 1979 · 824 citations

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Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, Companion Volume with New Descriptors

Zsuzsanna Soproni · 2020 · 770 citations

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The Cross-Lingual Dimensions of Language Proficiency: Implications for Bilingual Education and the Optimal Age Issue

Jim Cummins · TESOL Quarterly · 1980 · 645 citations

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The relationship of lexical proficiency to the quality of ESL compositions

Cheryl Engber · Journal of Second Language Writing · 1995 · 486 citations

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The Entry and Exit Fallacy in Bilingual Education

Jim Cummins · NABE Journal · 1980 · 233 citations

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Authors

270

  1. JC
    Jim Cummins

    University of Toronto, Canada

    4 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. LC
    Lisa C. Diamond

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

    3 publications · 181 citations

    3

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  3. AL
    Alison L. Bailey

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    2 publications · 42 citations

    2

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  4. JG
    Javier González

    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

    2 publications · 113 citations

    2

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  5. SS
    Saskia Stille

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 26 citations

    2

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Institutions

146

  1. Educational Testing Service

    Princeton, United States

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    373 citations

  2. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    320 citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    138 citations

  4. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    294 citations

  5. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

    Guangzhou, China

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    114 citations

  6. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    113 citations

  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    148 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    114 citations

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Venues

  1. Language Testing

    9 publications · 834 citations

    9

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  2. Language Assessment Quarterly

    5 publications · 97 citations

    5

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  3. NABE Journal

    3 publications · 270 citations

    3

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  4. Language Testing in Asia

    2 publications · 59 citations

    2

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  5. TESOL Quarterly

    2 publications · 672 citations

    2

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