The Eye of the Beholder: Authenticity in an Embedded Assessment Task.

Spence-Brown, Robyn

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ERIC Number: EJ635236

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Publication Date: 2001

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The Eye of the Beholder: Authenticity in an Embedded Assessment Task.

Spence-Brown, Robyn

Language Testing, v18 n4 p463-74 Oct 2001

Explores theoretical and practical issues surrounding authenticity in course-based assessment, drawing on data from a university-level Japanese language course in Australia. Examines a teaching and assessment activity based around interviewing native speakers outside the classroom, which was designed to optimize authenticity. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interviews, Japanese, Language Tests, Native Speakers, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Student Evaluation, Testing

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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