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Testing Kit. School of Language Studies.

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Adams, Marianne Lehr, Ed. – 1978

A manual for use in training French and Spanish language examiners at the Foreign Service Institute is presented here. After a discussion of the history of the language proficiency test and of the testing procedure and evaluation techniques, the following topics are covered: (1) language proficiency ratings based on the absolute criterion of the…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Interviews, Language Fluency

Oral Fluency in the Context of Second/Foreign Language Testing: Understanding the Role of Task Structure and Formulaic Speech.

Ejzenberg, Roseli – 1990

A study was planned to generate a model for testing second language education that would incorporate task types to allow the display of fluency. It is argued that the display of oral fluency can be used as a selection criterion for inclusion of test items in multitask or portfolio assessment. The following three research questions were formulated:…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Data Collection, English (Second Language)