Two Flagship Language Proficiency Initiative Articles in Foreign Language Annals

The UMN PACE project is funded by The Language Flagship through its Language Proficiency Initiative. Two other universities, Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of Utah (Utah) have similar projects, and the three institutions work closely together.

The current issue of Foreign Language Annals (Volume 30, Number 3) published by ACTFL has two articles relevant to the initiatives for MSU and Utah.

• The Contribution of Vocabulary Knowledge to Reading Proficiency: The Case of College Russian by Jane E Hacking and Erwin Tschirner

• Assessing the Validity of ACTFL Can-Do Statements for Spoken Proficiency: A Rasch Analysis by Magda Tigchelaar, Ryan P. Bowles, Paula Winke, and Susan Gass

The online and print versions of the Foreign Language Annals are free to ACTFL members. A paper copy is also available at the Language Center. The Foreign Language Annals website includes a video of Magda Tigchelaar, Ryan P. Bowles, Paula Winke, and Susan Gass discussing their article.