+ ability to imitate (parrot)

+narrow grammatical, +narrow phrasal, +narrow lexical, +narrow phonological relations (stress, intonation

+ interaction, + standard conversation, + authenticity

+ length and complexity of interaction, multiple participants

+ oral presentation, story telling

-> chucks -> phonemes and allophonic variants -> stress patterns -> intonation -> lexical units -> fluent speech -> pauses -> fillers -> self-correction -> backtracking -> grammatical word classes-tense-plural -> natural constituents -> cohesive devices

-> Communicative functions (goals, situation -> Styles registers -> implicature -> redundancies -> interruption -> sociolinguistics features -> The connection between communication, events, context interpretatiion, understanding between interlocutors

-> Test on repetition on phonological ability

-> Computer assessed oral production

-> Test Specification: read aloud on selected sentences

-> Repeat the sentences

-> Answer questions in short

-> Rearrange the order of the sentences

-> Talk about their opinion

-> Elicits grammar forms or translation

-> Directed response, test takers hear

-> Read aloud tasks-oral production

-> Scoring scale on both pronunciation and fluency

-> Dialogue completion tasks, direct response tasks, picture-cued tasks,

-> Q and A

+ Example + Description + Narration + Summary + Give directions + Support opinions + Give opinions + Define + Compare/contrast

+ Personal Description

+ Described daily routine

+ Give directions

+Recommendation

+ Storing telling

+ Describe movies

+ Tell pictures

+ Make phone call

+ Define key terms

1. Operations

2.Text types

3.Addressees and topics

4. Criteria levels of performance

-> Dialogue and multi-participant interactions normally of a face to face nature but telephone conversations not excluded.

-. Not specified except as under “Topics for writing”

- Accuracy

- Size

- Appropriacy

- Flexibility

- Range

1. Make the oral test as long as is feasible

2. Include as wide a sample of specified content as is possible in the time available. 3. Plan the test carefully. 4.Give the candidate as many “fresh starts” as possible. 5. Select interviewers carefully and train them. 6. Use a second tester for interviews. 7. Set only task and topics that would be expected to cause candidates no difficulty in their own language. 8. Carry out the interview in a quiet room with good acoustics. 9. Put candidates at their ease. 10. Collect enough relevant information. 11. Do not talk to much.

-> Question and Requests for information -> Pictures -> Role play -> A more protracted exchange -> Interpreting -> Discussion -> Tape-recorded stimuli: describe situation -> Imitation

+ Prepare Monologue -> Reading Aloud -> Obtaining Valid and Reliable scoring

-> Accent -> Grammar -> Proficiency: Vocab, Fluency, Comprehension,

-> Use of more than one scorer