Why bother with testing? The validity of immigrants' self-assessed language proficiency.
Why bother with testing? The validity of immigrants' self-assessed language proficiency.
Aileen Edele,Julian Seuring,Cornelia Kristen,Petra Stanat
2015 · DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.12.017
Social Science Research · 112 Citations
TLDR
Subjective measures of linguistic skills seem to be inadequate estimates of language skills, and future research should use them with caution when research questions pertain to actual language skills rather than self-perceptions.