Components of Language Proficiency

Amber Dudley is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the University of York, UK. Her research explores language learning and assessment among monolingual and multilingual learners of French and Spanish in schools in England.Emma Marsden is Professor of Language Education at the University of Oxford, UK. She has published widely on second language learning, teaching and assessment, and she was editor of the journal Language Learning. She has (co-)directed international open scholarship initiatives, such as OASIS providing accessible summaries of published research.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Conceptualising Language ProficiencyChapter 3. The ComLaP StudyChapter 4. Vocabulary KnowledgeChapter 5. Grammar KnowledgeChapter 6. Knowledge of SoundSymbol CorrespondencesChapter 7. Reading ProficiencyChapter 8. Lexical Inferencing in ReadingChapter 9. Listening ProficiencyChapter 10. Writing ProficiencyChapter 11. Speaking ProficiencyChapter 12. Conclusion

This book reports a major indepth study of the foreign language knowledge and skills of today’s teenage learners of French and Spanish in England. In an Anglophone setting where commitment to language learning is under threat, the book contributes unique linguistic insights to debates on curriculum direction and reform.