Introducing interactive speaking tasks to improve the construct coverage of a test: A welcome change for test users?
Introducing interactive speaking tasks to improve the construct coverage of a test: A welcome change for test users?

Author(s): Monika Sobejko
Subject(s): Language studies, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, Polish Literature, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: test construct; interactional competence; paired format; Conversation Analysis; test users’ perceptions
Summary/Abstract: The paired format of a speaking test appears to offer a more interactionally symmetric alternative to traditionally used Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) (e.g., Lazaraton, 1992, 1996; van Lier, 1989). This article focuses on two paired tasks, a simulated discussion and a problem-solving task, which have been developed to enhance the construct of the speaking test which is currently used at the Jagiellonian Language Centre at the Jagiellonian University.

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