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ERIC Number: EJ282872
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Jun
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A Study of the Statistical Foundations of Group Conversation Tests in Spoken English.
Liski, Erkki; Puntanen, Simo
Language Learning, v33 n2 p225-46 Jun 1983
Analysis of error patterns in a test taken by 698 Finnish university students shows errors are made in this declining order of frequency: grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and use. More talkative students were proportionately more proficient per utterance, and higher proficiency also correlated with sex (female) and high matriculation test scores. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, College Second Language Programs, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Group Testing, Higher Education, Language Tests, Language Usage, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning, Sex Differences, Speech Habits, Speech Tests, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Finland