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La Evaluación De La Competencia Oral En Las Clases De Lenguas Extranjeras: Las Perspectivas De Los Instructores Y De Los Estudiantes

Milgie, Christine Marie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429183152

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2015, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Spanish.
This thesis investigates instructor and student perspectives on oral proficiency assessment in university foreign language courses. Given the various interpretations of oral proficiency, this study examines the different components of linguistic competence, four models of oral proficiency assessment, and seven standardized exams that measure oral proficiency. In order to investigate student and instructor perspectives, 135 students and seven instructors of intermediate-level French, German, and Spanish university courses were surveyed. The results indicate students from the three languages courses find that oral exams accurately measure their language level and they feel adequately prepared to take oral exams. Additionally, instructors and students find comprehensibility to be the most important skill for evaluating oral proficiency. The implications of this study are that the oral proficiency exams in university classrooms remain acceptable to students if they comply with the criteria for foreign language testing (Carroll, 1980) and the washback effect (Krashen & Terrell, 1983).
Lynn Pearson, PhD (Advisor)
Brigid Burke, PhD (Committee Member)
Cindy Ducar, PhD (Committee Member)
114 p.
Education; Foreign Language; Higher Education; Linguistics; Teaching
evaluacion; competencia oral; oral proficiency assessment; student perspectives; instructor perspectives; perspectivas estudiantes; perspectivas instructores; OPI; INOPT; DELE; Praxis; NES; ACTFL; CEFR; OPIc

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  • Milgie, C. M. (2015). La Evaluación De La Competencia Oral En Las Clases De Lenguas Extranjeras: Las Perspectivas De Los Instructores Y De Los Estudiantes [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429183152

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Milgie, Christine. La Evaluación De La Competencia Oral En Las Clases De Lenguas Extranjeras: Las Perspectivas De Los Instructores Y De Los Estudiantes. 2015. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429183152.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Milgie, Christine. "La Evaluación De La Competencia Oral En Las Clases De Lenguas Extranjeras: Las Perspectivas De Los Instructores Y De Los Estudiantes." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1429183152

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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