Measures of language proficiency in censuses and surveys : a comparative analysis and assessment / Pádraig Ó Riagáin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ó Riagáin, Pádraig, author.

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Palgrave Pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Variation--Research.

Language and languages.

Communicative competence--Testing.

Communicative competence.

Surveys--Methodology.

Surveys.

Language and languages--Variation.

Research.

Physical Description:

xiv, 131 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing , [2018]

Summary:

This book offers a systematic analysis of a wide range of questions used in censuses, national surveys and international surveys to measure language proficiency. It addresses the urgent need in language related survey research for a comprehensive examination of the large existing body of survey data in order to provide a fuller understanding of the extent to which survey results are shaped by the way language proficiency questions are worded. While census and survey language proficiency data are extensively used in a wide range of research areas, as well as in forming, implementing and monitoring government policies, there are as yet no universally accepted survey measures of language proficiency.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-127) and index.

ISBN:

9783319729404

3319729403

OCLC:

1021026682