Papers prepared for a symposium held at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, November 1987.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240).

"This text presents the findings of a major investigation of second language proficiency in various groups of school-aged learners.

It invites a frank appraisal of the research from an outside panel of experts. The theoretical and practical implications of the study are the subject of a lively debate focused on three main research issues: the nature of second language proficiency, the impact of classroom treatment on second language learning, and the role of social and individual factors in bilingual development. This original collection of articles will be of interest to all those concerned with policy and practice in second language education." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS:

I. The Nature of Language Proficiency
Chapter 1. The nature of language proficiency / Birgit Harley, Jim Cummins, Merrill Swain, and Patrick Allen
Chapter 2. Constructing measures and measuring constructs / Lyle F. Bachman
Chapter 3. Communicative competence revisited / Jacquelyn Schachter
Chapter 4. Response by DBP project members to the discussion papers of Lyle Bachman and Jacquelyn Schachter

II. Classroom Treatment
Chapter 5. Aspects of classroom treatment: toward a more comprehensive view of second language education / Patrick Allen, Merrill Swain, Birgit Harley, and Jim Cummins
Chapter 6. Process-product research on second language learning in classrooms / Patsy M. Lightbown
Chapter 7. Analysis and experience as variables in second language pedagogy / H.H. Stern
Chapter 8. Response by DBP project members to the discussion papers of Patsy Lightbown and H.H. (David) Stern.

III. Social and Individual Variables
Chapter 9. Social and individual factors in the development of bilingual proficiency / Jim Cummins, Birgit Harley, Merrill Swain, and Patrick Allen
Chapter 10. Social and individual factors in language acquisition: some models of bilingual proficiency / Richard Bourhis
Chapter 11. The role of context and age in the development of bilingual proficiency / Alison d'Anglejan
Chapter 12. The relationship between first and second languages: language proficiency and language aptitude / Barry McLaughlin
Chapter 13. Response by DBP project members to the discussion papers of Richard Bourhis and Alison d'Anglejan

IV. Practical and Policy Implications
Chapter 14. The complementary roles of researchers and practitioners in second language education," by Jean Handscombe
Chapter 15. Educational language policies in Utopia / Christina Bratt Paulston

V. Thirty-Five Years of Research on Bilingualism
Chapter 16. Persistent issues in bilingualism / Wallace E. Lambert
Chapter 17. The project in perspective / G. Richard Tucker

Conclusion