Analyzing Oral Proficiency Test Performance in General and Specific Purpose Contexts

Reports on a study investigating whether a field-specific oral proficiency test would be a better predictor of field-specific performance than a general purpose oral proficiency test. A theoretical discussion is presented on field-specific language testing and guidelines for the construction of oral...

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Published inSystem (Linköping) Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 317
Main Authors Douglas, Dan, Selinker, Larry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1992
Subjects
English (Second Language)
Graduate Students
Higher Education
Language Proficiency
Language Tests
Languages for Special Purposes
Oral Language
Second Language Learning
Testing
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Summary:Reports on a study investigating whether a field-specific oral proficiency test would be a better predictor of field-specific performance than a general purpose oral proficiency test. A theoretical discussion is presented on field-specific language testing and guidelines for the construction of oral proficiency tests in specific purpose contexts. (15 references) (VWL)
ISSN:0346-251X
DOI:10.1016/0346-251X(92)90043-3