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Book: Assessing the Language of Young Learners

Chapter: Testing Speaking

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.30085

Blurb:

This chapter presents a model of L2 speaking, involving the strategies, skills and knowledge involved in speaking, as well as the criteria for judging speaking, including CEFR-linked descriptors. This is followed by a practical consideration of tasks and the testing of L2 speaking, at different ages/levels.

Chapter Contributors

  • Angela Hasselgreen (Angela.Hasselgreen@uib.no - ahasselgreen) 'University of Bergen'
  • Gwendydd Caudwell (Gwendydd.Caudwell@ae.britishcouncil.org - gcaudwell) 'British Council'