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ERIC Number: EJ410422
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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The Reflections and Confessions of an ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview Workshop Participant.
Loughrin-Sacco, Steven J.
Canadian Modern Language Review, v46 n4 p706-13 May 1990
In addition to the benefits of the oral proficiency movement, problems are seen, including flaws in the claim that the testing is proficiency based, the potential misuse of competency-based education, and the Oral Proficiency Interview's inability to test nonlinguistic barriers to communication. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Competency Based Education, Interviews, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Test Use, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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