This paper examines some of the best known proficiency tests in English, with particular focus on the oral component. Attention is paid to the following issues, among others: the weighting of oral elements in testing, the criteria used for the assessment of oral skills and the relation of these to the general guidelines in the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), and the kinds of tasks and marking systems used for assessment. Our aim is to evaluate these tests as a means of determining the extent to which they can be considered valid tools for the assessment of oral performance, considering their significance, relevance and implications in the broader context of the modern world. We contend that, as is the case with teaching proce...
Abstract There are many causes for the variation of the result in oral proficiency test such as the ...
Abstract. The article deals with the problem of measurability of oral speech sample as a test qualit...
The main aim of this study was to investigate how oral fluency is assessed across different levels o...
This paper examines some of the best known proficiency tests in English, with particular focus on th...
During several decades, considerable attention has been paid to speaking assessment procedures. Prob...
During several decades, considerable attention has been paid to speaking assessment procedures. Prob...
Oral testing has remained the poor relation of language assessment, although the demand has continue...
Most English teachers usually conduct oral tests based on their intuition. They do not use any theor...
This paper discusses the development, implementation, and evaluation of a semi-direct test of oral p...
The development and assessment of oral proficiency and listening comprehension is one of the most pr...
The study reported in this paper is an investigation of the nature of speaking proficiency in Englis...
There is an evident lack of a comprehensive evaluation basis for Yemeni learners’ speaking skills in...
There is an evident lack of a comprehensive evaluation basis for Yemeni learners ’ speaking skills i...
Efforts to increase the teaching of oral FL skills in the Finnish senior secondary schools have ofte...
This paper examines both overseas and domestic tests of English speaking ability from the viewpoint ...
Abstract There are many causes for the variation of the result in oral proficiency test such as the ...
Abstract. The article deals with the problem of measurability of oral speech sample as a test qualit...
The main aim of this study was to investigate how oral fluency is assessed across different levels o...
This paper examines some of the best known proficiency tests in English, with particular focus on th...
During several decades, considerable attention has been paid to speaking assessment procedures. Prob...
During several decades, considerable attention has been paid to speaking assessment procedures. Prob...
Oral testing has remained the poor relation of language assessment, although the demand has continue...
Most English teachers usually conduct oral tests based on their intuition. They do not use any theor...
This paper discusses the development, implementation, and evaluation of a semi-direct test of oral p...
The development and assessment of oral proficiency and listening comprehension is one of the most pr...
The study reported in this paper is an investigation of the nature of speaking proficiency in Englis...
There is an evident lack of a comprehensive evaluation basis for Yemeni learners’ speaking skills in...
There is an evident lack of a comprehensive evaluation basis for Yemeni learners ’ speaking skills i...
Efforts to increase the teaching of oral FL skills in the Finnish senior secondary schools have ofte...
This paper examines both overseas and domestic tests of English speaking ability from the viewpoint ...
Abstract There are many causes for the variation of the result in oral proficiency test such as the ...
Abstract. The article deals with the problem of measurability of oral speech sample as a test qualit...
The main aim of this study was to investigate how oral fluency is assessed across different levels o...