A study investigated the Educational Testing Service's claim about the conversational nature of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) from the perspective of native speakers of the target second language. Eight subjects listened to 16 randomly-selected OPI communicative speech events, and their perceptions were measured using a semantic…

Four articles on language, culture, and interlanguage are included in this volume. The first by Karen Risager, "Sprog, kultur, og internationalisering" ("Language, Culture, and Internationalization") takes issue with the very broad perception that foreign language and culture cannot be separated in instruction. The second article,…

This report details an exploratory study that employs empirical methods to operationalize academic language (AL) for language test development purposes. First, an evidence-based approach to operationalizing AL is discussed, followed by a proposed methodology for systematically collecting and synthesizing AL research findings from two data…

Revised version of a paper presented at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, November 1972. (DD)

Expanded version of a lecture given at a meeting of the Teachers of Modern Languages in Colleges of Education (Tagung der Fachdidaktiker fur neuere Sprachen an den Padagogischen Hochschulen), October 1, 1970 in Luneburg, West Germany. (RS)

Assistance in this study was provided by the Testing and Certification Division of the English Language Institute. (VM)

Excerpts from a recent report prepared by the Committee on Teacher Preparation Programs organized by an active state Foreign Language Teachers Association. All names of persons and places have been changed. (DS)

Sample tests included. Revised version of a talk given at a meeting of the Allgemeinen Deutschen Neuphilologen-Verband on November 14, 1969, in Dortmund, Germany. (DS)