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Stephenson, Michael – Classroom Discourse, 2020
The use of group-based, task-oriented, peer interaction formats in classroom and public L2 speaking tests has grown in recent years. However, these assessments have received comparatively little attention when compared to other formats such as the oral proficiency interview (OPI). In order to better understand the local exigencies of this…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Second Language Learning, Peer Relationship
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Liyanage, Indika; Gardner, Rod – Classroom Discourse, 2013
In formal assessments of second-language speakers' fluency, the criteria used frequently fail to differentiate between real disfluency and interactionally effective practices, while superficially disfluent, that help with communication and are used by first language speakers. In this study, we focused on pausing, silences and self-repairs in the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, English (Second Language), Language Tests