Communicative Language Testing.

Davies, Alan

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Publication Date: 1985

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Communicative Language Testing.

Davies, Alan

Journal of Applied Linguistics, n1 p22-33 1985

Describes three "continuum categories" of language tests and the place of communicative tests in each of the three continuums. The question of what communication involves is discussed and five different approaches to communicative language testing are presented. (SED)

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation, Language Tests, Meta Analysis, Needs Assessment, Norm Referenced Tests, Notional Functional Syllabi, Second Language Learning, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Prof. S. Efstathiadis, Department of English, P. O. Box 52, Aristotle University, GR 44006, Thessaloniki, Greece