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Draws a parallel between the language functions of university students and those of professional personnel operating in a bilingual environment, specifically in Canada. (Text is in French.) (AM)

Defining course objectives and testing these objectives are inseparable components of the education process. The development of a model using eleven language functions as the basis for testing communication in a second language is described. (Text is in French.) (AMH)

The present bibliography contains over 400 titles: 150 language tests for the mother tongue, 130 tests for second languages, and over 100 titles of documents and information concerning language testing. The volume consists of seven parts. In Parts I to V inclusively are titles of tests listed as follows: second language tests, mother-tongue tests, bilingual tests, language aptitude tests, and psychological tests. To simplify reference to these tests, an index of titles and an index of authors precede each category which in turn contains sub-titles referring to the language. The sixth part contains the titles of documents concerning language tests and testing material. In the seventh and last part is a list of editors or publishers from whom the tests mentioned in this volume are available. (AMM)

Using frequency, range, availability, and coverage as objectively weighted indices of utility in the development of a basic French vocabulary list, the authors describe the technical procedure used in this study and list the resultant first 153 words according to the four indices and the utility rating. Weighting factors for each index, based on extant studies ("Le Francais Fondamental", C.R.E.D.I.F. [Centre de Recherche et d'Etude pour la Diffusion du Francais] studies, others by Mackey and Savard), are clarified in detail. A bibliography is included. (RL)