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Willmington, S. Clay – 1983
A review of relevant research reveals the general characteristics of a test of oral communication performance, some specific characteristics of testing programs, and some directions that future performance testing should take. Characteristics of tests of oral communication performance are as follows: (1) students should be able to apply the skills…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Oral Language, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedBazen, David – English in Education, 1978
Argues that while spoken language has received a great deal of attention during the past decade, the methods of its examination have received too little. (AA)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWade, Barrie – English in Education, 1978
Reviews current approaches to testing oral competence at 16plus and suggests some less artificial alternatives. (AA)
Descriptors: Achievement, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, Oral Language
Direct linkSaif, Shahrzad – Language Testing, 2006
The aim of this study is to explore the possibility of creating positive washback by focusing on factors in the background of the test development process and anticipating the conditions most likely to lead to positive wash-back. The article reports on a multiphase empirical study investigating the washback effects of a needs-based test of spoken…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Training, Intervals, Teaching Assistants
Download full textCoombe, Christine A., Ed. – 1998
Papers from the 1997 and 1998 Current Trends in English Language Testing (CTELT) conferences include: "Computer-Based Language Testing: The Call of the Internet" (G. Fulcher); "Uses of the PET (Preliminary English Test) at Sultan Qaboos University" (R. Taylor); "Issues in Foreign and Second Language Academic Listening…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, College Second Language Programs, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Testing
Stansfield, Charles W.; And Others – 1990
The development and field testing of a proficiency test in English as a Second Language for non-native speakers teaching on Guam is reported. The resulting instrument measures four language skills (listening, reading, writing, and speaking). The listening measure uses natural language that might be heard by a classroom teacher. The reading measure…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Interviews
Burnett, Martin; Hunt, John – 1994
This paper describes the development of a program to test oral and written language skills of students graduating from seven Hong Kong higher education institutions. The program's objective is to provide information for prospective employers concerning graduates' practical communication skills in Cantonese, Mandarin, and English. The 2-year…
Descriptors: Cantonese, College Students, Communication Skills, English (Second Language)
Millward, Robert E.; Gerlach, Gail J. – 1989
The goal of the Pre Teacher Assessment Center is to give college sophomores a diagnostic assessment of their potential teaching skills across 13 skill dimensions felt to be prerequisites for teaching. The pre teacher assessment provides students with detailed information about potential teaching strengths and weaknesses and helps remediate…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Decision Making, Diagnostic Tests, Higher Education
