Interaction in Paired Oral Proficiency Assessment in Spanish

Abstract

Speaking tasks involving peer-to-peer candidate interaction are increasingly being incorporated into language proficiency assessments, in both large-scale international testing contexts, and in smaller-scale, e.g.course-related, ones.This growth in the popularity and use of paired and group orals has stimulated research, particularly into the types of discourse produced and the possible impact of candidate background factors on performance.The validation of tests of speaking involving paired candidate formats is increasingly focusing on ways in which interaction between candidates is sustained, as 'interaction' emerges as an important criterion for assessing candidate performance.However, despite the fact that the strongest argument for the validity of peer-to-peer assessment lies in the claim that such tasks allow for the assessment of a broader range of interactional skills than the more traditional interview-format tests do, there is surprisingly little research into the judgments that are made of such performances, the development of scales to rate interactional skills, and candidates' awareness of features of interaction in such tests.

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