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Peer reviewedShohamy, Elana – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1990
Reviews studies and tests that show how discourse analysis has contributed to the theory, research, and development of language testing, covering the relations among discourse analysis and competence and testing theory; research on language tests and tasks; and task development. A 60-citation unannotated bibliography is included. (CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Language Tests
Shohamy, Elana; Inbar, Ofra – 1988
A study examined the construct validity of second language listening comprehension tests that use different types of texts by determining to what degree the text's listenability facilitates or hinders comprehension. Three hypotheses were tested: (1) texts containing more listenable features, thus closer to the oral end of the oral/literate…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, High Schools, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests
