Carol A. Chapelle - The Concise Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics

Each successive expansion of the construct of language proficiency has added to its richness in terms of description and explication (Ginther & McIntosh, 2018). This capacity to grow and adapt points toward a bright future for the field of language testing, and especially for speaking assessment.

SEE ALSO:Assessment of Listening; Assessment of Reading; Assessment of Vocabulary; Assessment of Writing; Automatic Speech Recognition; Intelligibility in World Englishes; Rating Oral Language; Rating Scales and Rubrics in Language Assessment

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