Can We Predict Task Difficulty in an Oral Proficiency Test? Exploring the Potential of an Information-Processing Approach to Task Design.

Iwashita, Noriko; McNamara, Tim; Elder, Catherine

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ERIC Number: EJ632729

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Can We Predict Task Difficulty in an Oral Proficiency Test? Exploring the Potential of an Information-Processing Approach to Task Design.

Iwashita, Noriko; McNamara, Tim; Elder, Catherine

Language Learning, v51 n3 p401-36 Sep 2001

Addresses the question of whether there are different characteristics and language performance conditions (involving assumed different levels of cognitive demand) associated with different levels of fluency, complexity, or accuracy in test candidate responses. Participants were pre-university students taking English courses. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Task Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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