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Publication details [#12157]
Johnson, Marysia. 2000. Interaction in the oral proficiency interview: Problems of validity. Pragmatics 10 (2) : 215–231. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
International Pragmatics Association
ISBN
1018-2101
Journal DOI
10.1075/prag
Annotation
It is concluded that oral proficiency interviews (OPI) do not test speaking ability in conversation, but in the context of the survey research interview. This finding questions the validity of the OPI testing instrument.