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Support from Examiner’s Non-verbal Behavior in Spoken Test
HE Chenghui
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2018.07.012
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies South China Business College, Guangzhou, China
Based on the overall view of communication theory and spoken English language testing system, this paper has conducted a comprehensive and specific observation and research on how examiner non-verbal behavior has affected candidate performance. The research has found out that not only examiner behavior including non-verbal behavior but language testing scenario itself is of communicative nature and examiner’s non-verbal behavior indeed promotes examinee’s test performance, which can help to better understand spoken testing system, examiner non-verbal behavior, and testing environment to promote the development of language speaking test and reflect examinee’s real language competence and ability.
English spoken test, examiner, non-verbal behavior, communicative nature
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