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"Language," "Communication," and the Longing for the Authentic in LSP Testing
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Hoekje, Barbara – Language Testing, 2016
This commentary argues that the OET research raises inescapable contradictions in trying to separate "language" from "communication" within a weak performance test and advocates for reconceptualizing the legitimate domain of "language" more widely, reclaiming the full potential of the communicative competence…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Communicative Competence (Languages)