Research Forum: A Comparison Study of Audio and Video in Language Testing

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85
Writer(s): 
Paul Gruba, Kanda University of International Studies

Despite the growing interest in and use of video in the teaching of English
as a second language (Stempleski, 1991), research in the field has largely
ignored the affective role of visual media in language testing. Given the lack
of investigation of visual media in the field, combined with calls for the
development of innovative methods in language testing (Cohen, 1984; Carroll,
1986; Bachman, 1990), a closer look at the role of visual media in tests of
English as a foreign language is needed.

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