Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0347266

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0347266

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The development of refined and validated Language Australia ESL Bandscales for improved assessment, reporting and outcomes of English-as-a-second-language learners in schools. One in four school students (migrant-background and indigenous) are non-English speaking background, many speaking English-as-a-second-language or dialect (ESL/ESD). Since many are 'at risk' according to Literacy Benchmarks testing, optimal ESL-informed teaching, reporting and assessment is needed. The ESL Bandscales, widely used for 8 years, will be empirically validated using quantitative (Rasch modeling) and qualitative techniques to provide a more trustworthy teaching/reporting map. A team of researchers, including 3 APAIs, will draw on and improve understandings and assessment of Industry Partner teachers of migrant-background and indigenous learners, resulting in a new map(s) of ESL/ESD learning, published as ESL Bandscales II.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $225,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Psychological Methodology, Design And Analysis | Applied Linguistics And Educational Linguistics |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

Applied Linguistics And Educational Linguistics | Languages and Literacy | Linguistics | Psychological Methodology, Design And Analysis

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