Learner acquaintanceship and oral proficiency test pair-task performance

By B. O’Sullivan. 2002

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Interactional Competence: Conceptualisations, Operationalisations, and Outstanding Questions (2018, background): “…of interlocutor factors influencing test takers ’ performance, such as: test takers ’ acquaintanceship and gender (Chambers, Galaczi, & Gilbert, 2012; O ’ Sullivan, 2002), personality (Berry, 1993; Ockey, 2009), extroversion (Nakatsuhara, 2013), talkativeness (van Moere & Kobayashi, 2004), and…”
Classroom-based assessment: Possibilities and pitfalls (2007, background): “In language proficiency testing, we may observe over the last decade increased attention to examination processes and, in particular, on the test taker in, for example, the oral interview ( O'Sullivan, 2002 ).”
Interacting in pairs in a test of oral proficiency: Co-constructing a better performance (2009, background): “O’Sullivan (2002) made a call for ‘urgent and extensive study’ (p. 277) of test tasks in which the participants interact.”
To talk or not to talk : a review of situational antecedents of willingness to communicate in the second language classroom. (2018, background): “…Kang, 2005; Riasati, 2012), the interlocutors’ participation and cooperation (e.g., Pawlak & Mystkowska-Wiertelak, 2015; Riasati, 2012), as well as other demographic features of the interlocutors (e.g., Cao, 2011; Eddy-U, 2015; Kang, 2005; O’Sullivan, 2002; Pawlak et al., 2016; Riasati, 2012).”
Speaking in turns and sequences: Interactional competence as a target construct in testing speaking (2018, unknown): “Pair and group test formats (Gan, 2010; Greer & Potter, 2008; O’Sullivan, 2002; Sandlund & Sundqvist, 2011) are increasingly used to overcome these limitations.”