Task Structure and Language Production: Applications for Computerized Oral Proficiency Assessment
8:00 - 11:00am EDT
Convention Floor Lobby
Presented at: AAAL 2015
This project explores how task characteristics affect language production on a computerized test of speaking proficiency for young learners. Researchers examined pairs of tasks in which the number of response opportunities provided to examinees was varied. Student responses (N=60) were analyzed in terms of quantity and quality of language production.