Assessing Oral Proficiency: A CompaTIson of Holistic and Objective Measures

• Autores: Gene B. Halleck
• Localización: Modern language journal, ISSN 0026-7902, Vol. 79, Nº 2, 1995, págs. 223-234
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This study examines the relationship between holistic judgments of oral proficiency and objective measures of syntactic matuTIty in the Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) of 107 students of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Tianjin, China. The analysis compares a holistic rating of proficiency level (Intermediate, Advanced, and SupeTIor) with objective measures (Mean T-Unit Length, Mean Error-Free T-Unit Length, and Percent of Error-Free T-Units) for three separate interview tasks (DescTIbing/Narrating, Role Playing, and Asking Questions). Results of the repeated measures MultivaTIate Analyses of VaTIance (MAN-OVAs) indicate significant main effects for proficiency level and interview task.