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Peer reviewedStansfield, Charles W.; Kenyon, Dorry Mann – System, 1992
Reviews research that sheds light on the comparability of Oral Proficiency Interview and the Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview. Suggestions are provided for further research. (16 references) (VWL)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
Download full textLiskin-Gasparro, Judith E. – 1983
A discussion of teaching and testing oral skills in a second language looks at issues in the testing of speaking ability in general, the effect that testing can have on teaching, and the kinds of communicative activities that can be built into a foreign language program with oral proficiency as a goal. The issues addressed include the differential…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Development, Interviews
Peer reviewedTurner, Jean – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1998
This review of research on second-language oral testing outlines the nature of early research in interview-format proficiency testing, then reports on new directions in investigation of construct validity of interview-format and other oral skills tests through examination of examinee, interviewer, and rater performance. Research on empirically…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Educational Trends, Interrater Reliability, Interviews
