Heritage Learners and the Oral Proficiency Interview
Conduct OPIs of heritage speakers in several languages and analyze their linguistic biographies to gain an understanding of the linguistic, educational, and experiential factors that contribute to their speaking proficiency.
Year of Grant Cycle: Two (2008)
Project Director: Elvira Swender, Director, ACTFL Professional Programs
Project Evaluator: Ray Clifford (Brigham Young University)
The project will result in an expanded set of OPI descriptors needed to capture heritage speakers’ proficiency, enhance OPI tester training so that heritage speaker knowledge is taken into account, and inform instruction of heritage students.
Date Posted: 9/25/2008
