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Peer reviewedLantolf, James P.; Frawley, William – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1988
Argues against the current oral proficiency testing approach in favor of an approach in which researchers come to understand what it means for real speakers to interact with each other in the everyday world of human activity. Problematic trends are addressed, and a principled theory of oral proficiency is identified. (DJD)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Interlanguage, Language Processing, Language Proficiency
