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Oral Testing for English Students in Korea
David Dugas
Taejon University, Korea
Though tests are widely used in Korea to measure English
ability, and often used to decide raises or promotions, they have no
component for evaluating spoken English. To address this lack of viable
oral tests, since mid-1996 I have developed a series of oral exams for
university classrooms: Type I (question/answer test); Type II (simple dialog
test); and Type III (conversation test). In spite of weaknesses, such as
sensitivity to unequal ability in pairs of students and unproven accuracy,
the tests do measure relative ability. The program encourages effort beyond
the classroom and discourages short-term memorization. In the presentation,
scoring form andprotocol with specific, objective criteria for measuring
both ability and errors, and various training features and program format
will be described or discussed. Feedback and networking will be encouraged,
towards the goal of further research and development of robust spoken exams
to
supplement written ones.
David Wayne Dugas was educated at McNeese State University,
Lousisana State University and Tulane University, all in the state
of Louisiana in the southern United States. He has four years of
teaching experience at the university level, and is now a full-time instructor
in the English Language and Literature Department of Taejon University.
His current research interest is the creation of viable tests for evaluating
spoken English in Korea. |
