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McNamara, Tim, Kathryn Hill and Lynette May. 2002. Discourse and assessment. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 22 : 221–242.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
ISBN
0267-1905

Annotation

This chapter explores the application of oral proficiency assessment techniques in discourse-based studies, discussing factors such as the roles of interlocutor, candidate, and rater, and the impact of tasks, task performance conditions, and rating criteria. Recent research has also focused more specifically on the assessment of pragmatic competence and on the applications of technology within spoken language assessment.