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DIALANG is an online diagnostic system designed to assess a person's proficiency in 14 European languages.〔(Website of the DIALANG system )〕〔Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish-gaelic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.〕 Competences tested are reading, writing, listening, grammar and vocabulary, while speaking is excluded for technical reasons.〔 DIALANG was designed primarily for European citizens to assess their language abilities in adherence to Europe’s Common European Framework of Reference – CEFR – as a basis for determining language proficiency. The CEFR is a widely recognized framework used to describe and measure the language proficiency level of a learner in a particular language.〔 Dialang was funded by the SOCRATES programme and by some 25 institutions, largely universities, throughout the European Union.〔Alderson, J. Charles., Huhta, Ari (2005). The development of a suite of computer-based diagnosis tests based on the Common European Framework. Language Testing, 22 (3), 301.〕 Dialang is explained in the Appendix C, pages 226-243 of the CEFR official document. ==Fourteen languages== The current version of DIALANG provides tests in Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Irish, Icelandic, and Norwegian. It is a web-based project, and the system can be downloaded from its website free of charge. Users must have an Internet connection in order to use the software. DIALANG offers separate test for reading, writing, listening, grammatical structures and vocabulary. DIALANG provides test instructions, controls, help pages, explanations, self-assessment statements, test results, feedback and advice in all 14 languages.〔 These tests enable the users to become aware of their strengths and weaknesses. The tests are offered across a wide range of proficiency levels from beginners to advanced. Due to the limitations of the test design, DIALANG has not yet developed effective methods to test speaking and writing. Users should note that DIALANG uses an indirect approach to assess written tasks: many writing tasks in DIALANG resemble reading, vocabulary or grammar tasks. Users are given the opportunity to write to complete some tasks; however, they may be limited to just a few words.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「DIALANG」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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