Discussion published In: Describing and assessing interactional competence in a second language: Special issue of the journal of Applied Pragmatics 5:2 (2023)
Edited by Emma Betz, Taiane Malabarba and Dagmar Barth-Weingarten
[Applied Pragmatics 5:2] 2023
► pp. 289–296
Discussion
Testing and CA
The test makers’ perspective – a discussion paper
Published online: 24 February 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/ap.00019.roe
https://doi.org/10.1075/ap.00019.roe
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.The test makers’ perspective on testing IC
- 2.1The practicality challenge
- 2.2The value-add of IC
- 3.The way forward
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