Research on the Oral Proficiency Interview

Since their initial publication in 1982, the ACTFL Guidelines and oral proficiency interview (OPI) have enjoyed widespread use by foreign language educators. They have also been the target of much criticism by researchers of second language acquisition and testing. Much of this criticism has focused on validity claims for the OPI. Other research (e.g., Thompson, 1995) has investigated the interrater reliability of the test. This article provides an overview of research (both critical analyses and empirical studies) conducted on the ACTFL OPI and Guidelines from 1990 to present. The author identifies trends in this research, discusses lessons learned from research in other proficiency test areas, and provides recommendations for areas of future study

Criticism · Developmental psychology · Empirical research · Foreign language · Inter-rater reliability · Language assessment · Language proficiency · Mathematics education · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Psychometrics · Rating scale · Reliability (semiconductor · Test (biology · Test validity · Clinical Psychology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Medicine · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching

• Rating Oral Language

  Open Access•Paula Winke•Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics•2019

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• Rating Oral Language

  Open Access•Paula Winke•Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics•2012

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• Developing a reading proficiency scale for Chinese as a second language

  Jia Lin•Language Awareness•2024

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• Assessing Students' Oral Proficiency

  Open Access•Thekla Fall, Bonnie Adair‐Hauck et al.•Foreign Language Annals•2007

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• Comparing the OPI and the OPIc

  Open Access•Gregory L Thompson, Troy L Cox et al.•Foreign Language Annals•2016

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• The Impact of the Oral Proficiency Interview on One Foreign Language Teacher Education Program

  Open Access•Scott Kissau•Foreign Language Annals•2014

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• Rethinking Description in the Russian Sopi

  Open Access•Julia Mikhailova•Foreign Language Annals•2007

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• ACTFL Chinese reading proficiency guidelines

  Open Access•Jia Lin•Foreign Language Annals•2023

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• The speaking proficiency outcomes of face‐to‐face and online intensive summer LCTL programs

  Open Access•Dianna Murphy, Sonya K Sedivy•Foreign Language Annals•2024

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• Future directions in assessment

  Open Access•Troy L Cox, Margaret E Malone et al.•Foreign Language Annals•2018

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• The research manual

  Evelyn Marcussen Hatch•The research manual•1991

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• Revising the revised format of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview

  Open Access•Rafael Salaberry•Language Testing•2000

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• Accommodative questions in oral proficiency interviews

  Open Access•Steven J Ro, Steven Ross•Language Testing•1992

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• Interlocutor support in oral proficiency interviews

  Open Access•Anne Lazaraton•Language Testing•1996

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• Interaction in the oral proficiency interview

  Open Access•Marysia Johnson•Pragmatics Quarterly Publication…•2022

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• Preference Organization in Oral Proficiency Interviews

  Anne Lazaraton•Research on Language and Social…•1997

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• Exploring gender and oral proficiency interview performance

  Open Access•Barry O’Sullivan•System•2000

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• Research on the comparability of the oral proficiency interview and the simulated oral proficiency interview

  Open Access•Charles W Stansfield, Dorry Mann Kenyon•System•1992

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• Proficiency Testing and the Schools

  David Barnwell•Hispania•1991

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• An Investigation of the Construct Validity of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines and Oral Interview Procedure

  Open Access•Patricia Dandonoli, Grant Henning•Foreign Language Annals•1990

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• The Oral Proficiency Interview

  Open Access•Gene B Halleck•Foreign Language Annals•1992

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• Circumlocution, Communication Strategies, and The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

  Open Access•Judith E Liskin‐Gasparro•Foreign Language Annals•1996

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• ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines—Speaking

  Open Access•Karen E Breiner‐Sanders, Pardee Lowe et al.•Foreign Language Annals•2000

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• Language Testing Priorities

  Open Access•Elana Shohamy•Foreign Language Annals•1990

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• Interrater Reliability of the OPI

  Open Access•Gene B Halleck•Foreign Language Annals•1996

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• A Study of Interrater Reliability of the ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview in Five European Languages

  Open Access•Irene Thompson•Foreign Language Annals•1995

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