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Peer reviewedHenning, Grant – Language Learning, 1983
Three oral testing methods (imitation, completion, and interview) were compared for reliability and validity with 143 adult Egyptian learners of English. Five components (raw score, fluency, pronunciation, grammar, and combined fluency-pronunciation-grammar) were analyzed for each method. Imitation showed the highest validity, with interview and…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Arabs, Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis
