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Peer reviewedLazaraton, Anne; Riggenbach, Heidi – Issues in Applied Linguistics, 1990
The development, implementation, and evaluation of a semidirect test of oral proficiency, the Rhetorical Task Examination (RTE), is reported. The RTE proposes a compromise approach to rating oral skills by having two scales: one for the functional ability for accomplishing rhetorical tasks and one for linguistic competence. (34 references)…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language
