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Direct linkLumley, Tom; O'Sullivan, Barry – Language Testing, 2005
Performance in tests of spoken language can be influenced by a wide range of features of both task and participants. This article hypothesizes that there may be effects on performance attributable to an interaction of variables such as the task topic, the gender of the person presenting the topic and the gender of the candidate. In contrast to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Communication, Audience Analysis, Oral Language
