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Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews. ERIC Digest.
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Stansfield, Charles W. – 1989
The Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI) is a semi-direct speaking test that models the format of the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), an oral proficiency test used by government agencies to assess general speaking proficiency in a second language. The SOPI is a tape-recorded test consisting of six parts. It begins with simple, personal…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language
Some Foreign Language Test Development Priorities for the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century.
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Stansfield, Charles W. – Foreign Language Annals, 1990
Discusses the need for language-specific versions of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) guidelines, including speaking tests based on the simulated oral proficiency interview; listening/reading comprehension tests with items linked to the ACTFL guidelines and Interagency Language Roundtable skill level descriptions;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Listening Comprehension Tests