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Direct linkWinke, Paula; Zhang, Xiaowan; Pierce, Steven J. – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2023
Second language (L2) teachers may shy away from self-assessments because of warnings that students are not accurate self-assessors. This information stems from meta-analyses in which self-assessment scores on average did not correlate highly with proficiency test results. However, researchers mostly used Pearson correlations, when polyserial could…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedRaffaldini, Tina – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988
Discusses the ACTFL/ETS Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) in relation to current models of communicative skills and argues that the OPI fails to measure important aspects of communicative ability. Two Situation Tests, one written and one oral, are described as alternative measures of communicative ability. Examples are given in Appendices.…
Descriptors: College Students, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Testing, Higher Education
