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ELT Journal 1999 53(1):36-41; doi:10.1093/elt/53.1.36
© 1999 by Oxford University Press
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Point and counterpoint

Relaxing in pairs

Michael C. Foot

Freelance EFL teacher, an examiner of spoken English, and a former Director of Personnel in the British Council. He has an MA in ELT from the University of Essex.

This article looks at paired tests of spoken language. It regrets the lack of published research evidence, and of results from the monitoring of these tests to support their introduction and wider use. It questions some of the claims for these tests, and wonders whether they are really more effective, or efficient than one-to-one tests.


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