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Whole issue
(2015)
Whole Issue
(Universitat Jaume I, 2015)
Research on new methods for testing language skills: a focus on speaking performance
(2015)
The current issue has speaking performance as a conducting thread, specifically, the research undertaken on new methods to test it. Testing language skills and defining the constructs under which tests need to be constructed ...
Speaking an additional language: Can study abroad do the trick?
(2015-11)
The present article sets out to provide an overall picture of the acquisition of speaking abilities in a given
second language acquisition (SLA) learning context, namely study abroad (SA), so as to ascertain
whether SA ...
New and not so new methods for assessing oral communication
(2015-11)
The assessment of oral communication has continued to evolve over the past few decades. The construct being assessed has broadened to include interactional competence, and technology has played a role in the types of tasks ...
Revisiting pragmatic tests in the FL context: Towards interactive tests to examine speech act performance1
(2015-11)
The aim of this study is to explore the task effect of two different research methods, namely those of
interactive discourse completion tasks/tests (IDCTs) and role-play tasks (RPTs). The two research
methods employed ...
Changing Methodologies in TESOL
(2015-11)
Comparing candidates’ beliefs and exam performance in speaking tests
(2015-11)
The development of a language exam is not a linear process but rather a round cycle in which, by using
the test, we obtain information that will in turn be applied to improve each of the steps in the cycle. The
goal of ...