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Nambiar, Mohana – Guidelines: A Periodical for Classroom Language Teachers, 1990
Some guidelines are offered that detail the complexities involved in interviewing for language testing purposes. They cover strategies for structuring interviews (informal conversational, interview guide, standardized open-ended), questions, interviewing skills, and physical setting. (five references) (LB)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Language Tests, Oral Language
Ghadessy, Mohsen – Guidelines: A Periodical for Classroom Language Teachers, 1988
After noting limited interest in the teaching and/or testing of paralinguistic features of spoken English, this article describes a test that includes a number of items uttered differently, which students are asked to interpret. Suggestions are offered regarding test administration, test items, and student evaluation. (five references) (LB)
Descriptors: Adult Students, English, Foreign Countries, Kinesthetic Methods
Brown, Dorothy F. – Guidelines: A Periodical for Classroom Language Teachers, 1988
A discussion of vocabulary development for intermediate and advanced students preparing for the Australian certification test for Teaching English as a Foreign Language focuses on nine areas: collocations, clines, clusters, cloze procedures, context, consultation or checking, cards, creativity, and guessing. (seven references) (LB)
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Context Clues, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
