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A Conversation Analytic Approach to Oral Placement Test Validation: Attending to Vertical and Horizontal Comparisons
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Kimura, Daisuke; Mattson, Nikki; Amory, Michael – TESOL Journal, 2018
Whereas previous research revealed the interactional variability occurring in oral assessments, demonstrating how it could undermine test validity (e.g., A. Brown, 2003), little has been published regarding how language programs can mine and analyze video recordings of in-house oral placement tests for validation purposes. Addressing this need,…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Student Placement, English (Second Language)