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Convergent and Discriminant Validation of Oral Language Proficiency Tests.

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Bachman, Lyle F.; Palmer, Adrian S. – 1979

In a study designed to validate oral language proficiency tests, it is planned to administer a series of tests to 100 native Mandarin Chinese-speaking subjects (foreign students and their spouses). The tests will measure communicative competence in speaking (ability to speak, exhibiting control of linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic rules;…

Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Higher Education