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ELT Journal 2006 60(3):287-289; doi:10.1093/elt/ccl009
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press; all rights reserved.

Process and outcome in paired oral assessment

Anne Lazaraton

Anne Lazaraton teaches at the Institute of Linguistics, English as a Second Language, and Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of Minnesota. Among other publications, she is the author of A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2002)

Email: lazaratn{at}umn.edu

This article responds to points raised in the article ‘The paired format in the Cambridge Speaking Tests’ by Julie Norton in the 59/4 issue of this Journal on the potential drawbacks of a paired format in oral testing, based on observations about the nature of the discourse produced in this context. This article argues that, although the author investigates a pressing and complex issue in oral testing, the article itself falls short in a number of respects.


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