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Other authors / contributors: | Young, Richard, 1948-
He, Agnes Weiyun.
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ISBN: | 9789027285546 9027285543 1556195486 9781556195488 9027241201 9789027241207
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
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Summary: | This book brings together a collection of current research on the assessment of oral proficiency in a second language. Fourteen chapters focus on the use of the language proficiency interview or LPI to assess oral proficiency. The volume addresses the central issue of validity in proficiency assessment: the ways in which the language proficiency interview is accomplished through discourse. Contributors draw on a variety of discourse perspectives, including the ethnography of speaking, conversation analysis, language socialization theory, sociolinguistic variation theory, human interaction resea.
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Other form: | Print version: Talking and testing. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1998 1556195486
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