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ERIC Number: EJ365440
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Oral Proficiency Testing and Its Significance for Practice.
Higgs, Theodore V.
Theory into Practice, v26 n4 p282-87 Fall 1987
Oral proficiency testing is contrasted with traditional academic testing to show its appropriateness as a technique for measuring the ability to speak and understand a foreign language. Implications for teaching foreign languages are discussed. (MT)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Measurement Techniques, Second Language Instruction, Secondary Education, Verbal Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Oral Proficiency Interviews