Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews [electronic resource] : Recent Developments / Margaret Malone.

This digest discusses the simulated oral proficiency interview (SOPI), a performance-based, tape-mediated speaking test. The SOPI follows the general structure of the oral proficiency interview (OPI) used by government agencies and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) to...

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Main Author: Malone, Margaret
Corporate Author: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics, 2000.
Series:ERIC digest.
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