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Carter, Susan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
Is the doctoral "viva voce" a reasonable method of examination? This exploratory paper proposes that the doctoral "viva voce" (oral examination) is a slightly different hurdle for doctoral candidates for whom English is an additional language (EAL, also termed ESL) than for those whose first language is English. It investigates…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning