Language Testing-SLA Research Interfaces
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- sla and-classroom-instruction
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
- Vol. 9, 193-209
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0267190500000891
Abstract
Language testing [LT] research and second language acquisition [SLA] research are often seen as distinct areas of inquiry in applied linguistics. To oversimplify slightly, SLA research takes a longitudinal view, concerning itself primarily with the description and explanation of how second language proficiency develops, while LT research typically observes a “slice of life”, and attempts to arrive at a more or less static description of language proficiency at a given stage of development.Keywords
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