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Why Do We Test Bilinguals?
Posted by Elizabeth D. Peña in adult bilingualism, child bilingualism on August 4, 2010
One of the themes that ran throughout all the presentations at the workshop was to know why we’re testing. And thus, to know why a given test is being developed (or selected). It’s important to know the purpose of testing in the first place. So, what are reasons people test bilinguals? What is it we need to know; and for what purpose?