The Oral Proficiency Interview: A Research Agenda

Autor/inn/en	Chalhoub-Deville, Micheline; Fulcher, Glenn
Titel	The Oral Proficiency Interview: A Research Agenda
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 36 (2003) 4, S.498-506 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Language Teachers; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Oral Language; Language Proficiency; Language Tests; Second Language Learning; Interviews; Educational Research; ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language test; Sprachtest; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung
Abstract	Many researchers and practitioners maintain that ACTFL's efforts to improve instructional practices and promote proficiency assessments tied to descriptors of what learners can do in real life have contributed significantly to second language teaching and testing. Similar endeavors in the area of research, however, are critically needed. Focusing on the oral proficiency interview (OPI), this article argues that ACTFL has a responsibility to its stakeholders to initiate a research program that generates a coherent combination of logical and empirical evidence to support its OPI interpretations and practices. The article highlights a number of high-priority areas--including delimiting purposes, examining interview discourse, documenting rater/interlocutor behavior, explicating the native speaker criterion, and investigating the OPI's impact on language pedagogy--that should be incorporated into the research agenda. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10