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Peer reviewedDavies, Alan – Journal of Applied Linguistics, 1985
Describes three "continuum categories" of language tests and the place of communicative tests in each of the three continuums. The question of what communication involves is discussed and five different approaches to communicative language testing are presented. (SED)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation, Language Tests
Peer reviewedDouglas, Dan – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988
Reviews current research on listening comprehension and development of listening tests and considers four issues in detail: 1) the meaning of context in listening testing; 2) the concept of criterion referenced tests; 3) the notion of specific purposes in testing; and 4) the use of technology in listening tests. Issues for future research are…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, Computer Assisted Testing, Context Clues, Criterion Referenced Tests
