The
in-home interviews are conducted by bilingual
interviewers. Each interview lasts approximately
90 minutes.
In-home interviews
with bilingual interviewers
Native Language Interview components:
Questionnaire in participant's first language. Each
year the questionnaire has a different focus. In year
1 the focus is on family, education and employment
information. In year 2 the focus is on language use
in employment and other settings.
A survey of weekly reading in first and second languages.
English Language Assessment Measures:
BEST (Basic English Skills Test) Plus - a
computer-based adaptive oral interview that
is used to measure oral English proficiency
Peabody Picture Vocabulary test - to measure
receptive English oral vocabulary
TALS (Test of Adult Literacy Skills) - to
measure English literacy
English elicitation procedure - students are asked
to talk to an English speaking audience through the
medium of a video tape. Participants choose from a
set of questions, have a few minutes to plan and then
answer the questions in English, on tape. This provides
an oral language sample that is semi-planned. This
also gives the participant a chance to tell his or
her own story. The focus of the questions in the first
year is the initial immigration experience. The focus
of the second year is on work and family experiences.
