CONTROLLING THE EFFICIENCY OF ORAL EXAMINERS CONDUCTING LINGUO-DIDACTIC TESTING IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Lankina Ol'ga Yur'evna, Pets Yuliya Viktorovna
Saint Petersburg University
Abstract. The article raises the problem of controlling the efficiency of oral linguo-didactic test in a foreign language and provides the research findings on examiner’s influence on examinee’s results. The paper proposes a set of measures ensuring the observance of procedure requirements and raising the level of objectivity of assessment. The authors argue that interview quality indicators can be used for validization of a whole test.
Key words and phrases: лингводидактический тест, говорение, экзаменатор-собеседник, тестируемый, контроль качества, процедурные требования, валидизация, linguo-didactic test, speaking, oral examiner, examinee, quality control, procedure requirements, validization
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