Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter 1. Overview of the Book
  • Chapter 2. The Genesis and Evolution of the OPI System
  • Chapter 3. A Critical Appraisal of the OPI
  • Chapter 4. Theoretical Bases for Investigating the OPI Speech Event
  • Chapter 5. A Discourse Analysis Study of the OPI
  • Chapter 6. Native Speakersâ€? Perceptions of the OPI Speech Event
  • Chapter 7. A Prototypical Model of the OPI Communicative Speech Event
  • Chapter 8. Communicative Competence versus Interactional Competence
  • Chapter 9. The Practical Oral Language Ability: The Application of Vygotskyâ€?s Sociocultural Theory to Language TestingAppendixes
  • Bibliography
  • Index