The Validation of Oral Proficiency Tests: A Colloquium*
1 and 2
March, 1981 English Language Institute The University of Michigan Ann
Arbor, Michigan
* NOTE: This colloquium coincided with the IXth Conference on
Applied Linguistics: Language Transfer in Language Learning, which was held
concurrently at the University of Michigan. Therefore, some of the items on the
schedule for the colloquium involved attending sessions of the Transfer
Conference.
PROGRAM
SUNDAY
9:00 - 9:45
Transfer Conference Plenary: Pit Corder "A Role for the Mother Tongue"
10:00
Colloquium Opening Session
10:15 - 11:00
Elana Shohamy: Validation of the Oral Interview: examination of the
Sociolinguistic Variables
11:00
Break
11:15 - 12:00
Robert Politzer, Elana Shohamy, Mary McGroarty: Validation of Oral
Tests of Linguistic and Communicative Competence in English and Spanish
12:00 - 2:00
LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45
Edward T. Purcell: Models of Pronunciation Accuracy
2:45 - 3:30
Grant Henning: Multi-trait Multi-method Validation
3:30
Break
3:45-4:30
Lyle Bachman, Adrian Palmer: The Construct Validation of Tests of
Communicative Competence
5:00 - 5:45
Transfer Conference Plenary: Eric Kellerman "On Transferability"
6:00 - 8:00
Reception at Jack Upshur's House
MONDAY
9:00 - 9:45
Transfer Conference Plenary: Jackie Schachter "A New Account of
Language Transfer"
10:00 - 10:45
Ellen Rosansky: Oral Testing and the Lau Decision
10:45
Break
11:00 - 11:45
Brendan Carroll: The Assessment of Group Oral Performance
11:45 - 12:30
Frances Hinofotis, Pardee Lowe, Ray Clifford: Native-speaker Normative
Behavior on the FSI Oral Interview
12:30 - 2:00
LUNCH
2:00 - 2:45
Sandra Savignon: The Use of Dictation for the Assessment of Integrative
Second-language Skills
2:45 - 4:00
Summary and Discussion
5:00 - 5:45
Transfer Conference Plenary: Steve Krashen "On Leonard Newmark's
Interpretation of First Language Interference"