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Palmer, Adrian S. – 1981
Since Upshur's (1969) original paper describing a picture-description test of oral communication ability, four empirical studies have been completed in which variants of the tests have been used. From these studies considerable new information on the tests' reliability and validity has become available. Indications are that the reliability is…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Higher Education, Language Tests, Second Language Learning
