Foreign Language Testing: A Current View.

Whiteson, Valerie L.

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Publication Date: 1981-Apr

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Foreign Language Testing: A Current View.

Whiteson, Valerie L.

English Language Teaching Journal, v35 n3 p345-52 Apr 1981

Describes second language testing methods including discrete-point tests, integrative tests, criterion-referenced testing, FSI test of oral proficiency, tests of functional ability. No way has yet been found to reliably measure communicative competence in second languages. (BK)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Second Languages, Testing Problems

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Language: English

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