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Davis, Larry – Language Testing, 2009
The use of pair work in speaking assessment may encourage collaboration in the classroom and has other advantages (Saville & Hargreaves, 1999; Taylor, 2000) but from a measurement perspective, the paired oral format may be problematic because a partner may unfairly influence an examinee's performance or otherwise bias scores. In this study,…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Language Proficiency, English (Second Language)