Assessing Oral Production of English as a Lingua Franca in European Universities: Can Corpora Inform the Test Construct?

This article examines the rapidly growing phenomenon of the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in European universities and the need to develop tests which reflect this use. After reporting on a research project which introduced a lingua franca element into a receptive skills test set at Lev...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newbold, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari 2015-03-01
Series:Educazione Linguistica Language Education
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.14277/2280-6792/122