The Relationship Between Anxiety and Foreign Language Oral Proficiency Ratings

作者: Dolly J. Young

DOI: 10.1111/J.1944-9720.1986.TB01032.X

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摘要: ABSTRACT The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) has developed an oral proficiency test, the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI), which may become the official test of oral performance for prospective foreign language teachers in Texas. Professionals in foreign language education are raising concerns about the effect of anxiety on Oral Proficiency Interview ratings. The purpose of this study was to provide an assessment of how anxiety may influence scores on the OPI. An examination of the …

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