Communicative competence in oral language assessment
Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Faculty
Faculty of Regional Professional Studies
School
School of Regional Professional Studies
RAS ID
3143
Abstract
This paper reports on a review of the teaching and assessment of oral language in Western Australian secondary schools. Results show that teachers have considerable difficulty in incorporating oral language tasks into their pedagogy because of a curriculum biased towards developing writing skills. Teachers also revealed that they do not have the skills to assess oral language even though they acknowledge the importance of their students’ communicative competence both within the school environment and outside it. Students involved in the study were also aware of many weaknesses in their communicative competence and that these were not being addressed in the classroom.
DOI
10.1080/09500780508668675
Comments
Oliver, R., Haig, Y., & Rochecouste, J. (2005). Communicative competence in oral language assessment. Language and education, 19(3), 212-222. Available here