Testing Tasks: Issues in Task Design and the Group Oral.

Fulcher, Glenn

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ERIC Number: EJ526156

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Publication Date: 1996

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Testing Tasks: Issues in Task Design and the Group Oral.

Fulcher, Glenn

Language Testing, v13 n1 p23-51 Mar 1996

Investigates issues surrounding the use of tasks in oral tests with particular reference to group discussion. The article focuses on language testing, second-language acquisition, and discourse analysis to shed light on the selection of tasks for use in oral tests. (65 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Group Discussion, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Oral Language, Questionnaires, Second Language Instruction, Secondary School Students, Task Analysis, Test Anxiety, Test Use, Test Validity

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Cyprus

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