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Plough, India C.; Briggs, Sarah L.; Van Bonn, Sarah – Language Testing, 2010
The study reported here examined the evaluation criteria used to assess the proficiency and effectiveness of the language produced in an oral performance test of English conducted in an American university context. Empirical methods were used to analyze qualitatively and quantitatively transcriptions of the Oral English Tests (OET) of 44…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Listening Comprehension, Evaluators, Performance Tests
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Griffin, Patrick E.; And Others – Language Testing, 1988
Discusses the development of an interview test of English proficiency in the 0 to 1+ range on the Australian Second Language Proficiency Rating Scale. Items were written toward 29 specified objectives using specially developed algorithms. A sample set of algorithms used in one of the tests and 23 references are appended. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests