Background: The present study examined the validity of a university-based speaking assessment (Test of Oral Proficiency in English, TOPE for short) in mainland China. The speaking assessment was developed to meet the standards (Standard for Oral Proficiency in English, SOPE for short) set for teaching and learning of the oral English by the university. Methods: The degree of interaction among c...

This research aimed to investigate ESP oral reading miscues by 3 major groups reading three domain-specific texts from qualitative/quantitative, integrative and direct perspectives via Goodman’s Reading Miscue Inventory (2005, Y.M. Goodman). The three different domain-specific texts were justified as equivalent in terms of readability, vocabulary frequency, rhetorical organization, genre, level...

Enhancing students' abilities and potential is an important thing that every teacher must do gradually. The ability to speak in a foreign language one of the skills be developed, which will benefit students their learning process. aim this study enhance oral proficiency using Three steps interview technique for eleventh-grade students. Quasi-Experimental research design as method applied study,...