Oral Proficiency Testing: Comparative Validities of Interview, Imitation, and Completion Methods.

Henning, Grant

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Publication Date: 1983

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Oral Proficiency Testing: Comparative Validities of Interview, Imitation, and Completion Methods.

Henning, Grant

Language Learning, v33 n3 p315-32 Sep 1983

Three oral testing methods (imitation, completion, and interview) were compared for reliability and validity with 143 adult Egyptian learners of English. Five components (raw score, fluency, pronunciation, grammar, and combined fluency-pronunciation-grammar) were analyzed for each method. Imitation showed the highest validity, with interview and completion following in that order. (MSE)

Descriptors: Adult Students, Arabs, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Imitation, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Questioning Techniques, Second Language Instruction, Test Reliability, Test Validity, Verbal Tests

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