Administer the Inquiry with classroom test procedures and interpret by item-by-item comparison with expert votes¶

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Description¶

Administration follows common classroom testing procedures, but the instrument yields no total score, median, or percentile rank. Interpretation instead asks how the respondent's vote on each statement compares with the votes of the ten linguists, and Part II responses — three items chosen for discussion with reasons — help a teacher or group leader plan discussion of the items.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• The respondent must have the linguists' votes for each item available for comparison, and check only one response column per statement

Constraints¶

• Part II provides no comparisons with the linguists' responses; it serves only to record discussion preferences and reasons

Target Learners¶

• college students preparing to teach English
• in-service teachers and supervisors
• workshop participants

Target Learning Goals¶

• self-evaluation of language attitudes
• planning of language instruction and discussion

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Key Sources¶

• Frogner, Ellen A. (1969). Using the Language Inquiry as a Teaching Device. Illinois State-Wide Curriculum Study Center in the Preparation of Secondary English Teachers (ISCPET). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED034768