Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) for the Assessment of Speaking
| Autor: | ONAL, Ahmet |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Volume: 28, Issue: 11-18 The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences |
| ISSN: | 2587-1730 |
| DOI: | 10.55549/epess.1223240 |
| Popis: | The skill of speaking, arguably, plays the most essential role in the process of communicationamong people; thus, the teaching and assessment of speaking deserves special attention. The oral proficiencyinterview (OPI) has been utilized as a technique for the assessment of speaking for about 70 years and itstraditional format has been revised and updated in line with the requirements of contexts and innovations intechnology. Accordingly, this paper briefly introduces the OPI and discusses the advantages and disadvantagesof the OPI. In addition, the reliability and validity of the OPI for the assessment of speaking skills has also beenexpounded on with specific reference to its strengths and weaknesses. More precisely, the paper argues that theOPI has the potential to assist foreign language teachers in teaching and testing the speaking skills of theirlearners as long as its weaknesses are compensated for, reliable rating scales are designed and raters are trainedto score the performances reliably. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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