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OverviewThe Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) is a widely accepted instrument for assessing second and foreign language ability. It is used by the Foreign Language Institute, the Defense Language Institute, Educational Testing Service, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, and at many universities in the United States. The Art of Non-Conversation examines the components of speaking ability and asks whether the OPI is a valid instrument for assessing them. Marysia Johnson applies the latest insights from discourse and conversational analysis to determine the nature of the OPI's communicative speech event and investigate its construct validity within Messick's definition of validity. She discusses models of speaking ability-several communicative competence models, an interactional competence model, and a model of spoken interaction based on Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of learning. Finally she proposes a new model to test language proficiency drawn from sociocultural theory, one that considers language ability to be reflective of the sociocultural and institutional contexts in which the language has been acquired. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Marysia JohnsonPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.349kg ISBN: 9780300090024ISBN 10: 0300090021 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 10 September 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsThis important book offers a long overdue model of how to use the insights from discourse analysis in order to evaluate the OPI assessment of second-language speakers. Andrea Tyler, Georgetown University """This important book offers a long overdue model of how to use the insights from discourse analysis in order to evaluate the OPI assessment of second-language speakers."" Andrea Tyler, Georgetown University" Author InformationMarysia Johnson is assistant professor in the department of English, Linguistics/TESL Program, Arizona State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |