Abstract
A pilot study used the Spanish Oral Proficiency Test (SOPT)-a taped oral test to evaluate oral proficiency level of students of Intermediate Spanish. Based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (1986), the Intermediate-Mid was the appropriate level of oral proficiency for students at the end of two years of college- level language study. The study also examined what variables might affect the development of students' oral skills. The results showed that foreign language learning experience in academic settings or outside of class, such as study abroad and travel abroad, might affect students' overall speaking proficiency. In addition, lin- guistic inaccuracy from informal training may keep speakers to lower levels of proficiency. Learners should be more aware of the need to speak correctly to maintain a balance between function, content, and accuracy.
Department
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Publication Date
3-1-2000
Journal Title
Hispania
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Lee, Lina. Evaluating intermediate Spanish students' speaking skills through a taped test: A pilot study. Hispania, 83(1), 127-138, 2000. https://dx.doi.org/10.2307/346151
Comments
Copyright © 2000 American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. This article first appeared in Hispania 83:1 (2000), 127-138. Reprinted with permission by Johns Hopkins University Press.