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Fulcher, Glenn – Language Teaching, 2015
While the viva voce (oral) examination has always been used in content-based educational assessment (Latham 1877: 132), the assessment of second language (L2) speaking in performance tests is relatively recent. The impetus for the growth in testing speaking during the 19th and 20th centuries is twofold. Firstly, in educational settings the…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Oral Language, Rating Scales

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