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Proficiency-Oriented Testing: Reality Therapy.
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Boyles, Peggy – Learning Languages, 1996
Discusses the importance of appropriate proficiency-oriented testing for students studying foreign languages, explaining that grammatical accuracy is of no value if it cannot be used to carry out real-life tasks as an inherent and natural activity. Presents guidelines for designing and administering tests and provides an example of a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Language Proficiency