Johnson, Marysia. <br/><br/>
The Art of Non-Conversation :  A Reexamination of the Validity of the Oral Proficiency Interview. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (245 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Overview of the Book -- Chapter 2. The Genesis and Evolution of the OPI System -- Chapter 3. A Critical Appraisal of the OPI -- Chapter 4. Theoretical Bases for Investigating the OPI Speech Event -- Chapter 5. A Discourse Analysis Study of the OPI -- Chapter 6. Native Speakers' Perceptions of the OPI Speech Event -- Chapter 7. A Prototypical Model of the OPI Communicative Speech Event -- Chapter 8. Communicative Competence versus Interactional Competence -- Chapter 9. The Practical Oral Language Ability: The Application of Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory to Language Testing -- Appendixes -- Bibliography -- Index. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780300129441 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Language and languages -- Ability testing.<br/>Oral communication -- Ability testing.<br/>Communicative competence -- Testing.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P53.6.J64 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>418.0076