Task Equivalence in Speaking Tests ― Investigating the Difficulty of Two Spoken Narrative Tasks

To facilitate comparing different tests of Japanese learners of English, Inoue explores evidence for equivalence between different spoken narrative tasks, and identifies which variables can be used to establish such evidence. She details the methodology, procedures, and findings of five experiments, then presents her conclusions. Annotation c2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Chihiro Inoue works at CRELLA at University of Bedfordshire, UK. Originally from Japan, she has keen interests in language testing, second language acquisition, and English education. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from Lancaster University, and has been involved in various research projects on the development and validation of language tests in different countries.