ESL students’ oral performance in English language school-based assessment: results of an empirical study

Abstract Background The English language school-based assessment (SBA) component of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) Examination is innovative in that the assessment tasks involve assessing English oral language skills in a high-stakes context but they are designed and implemente...

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Main Authors: Zhengdong Gan, Emily Pey Tee Oon, Chris Davison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-12-01
Series:Language Testing in Asia
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40468-017-0051-2