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Rethinking Description in the Russian SOPI: Shortcomings of the Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview
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Direct linkMikhailova, Julia – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This article describes the shortcomings of one of the major testing tools in the foreign languages field, the Simulated Oral Proficiency Interview (SOPI), with regard to the elicitation of the function of description. In doing so, the article raises questions about the applicability of the SOPI as a surrogate for the Oral Proficiency Interview…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Russian, Language Tests, Language Proficiency
