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Language Testing-SLA Research Interfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 November 2008

Lyle F. Bachman
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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.

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Sla and Classroom Instruction
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Annual Review of Applied Linguistics , Volume 9 , March 1988 , pp. 193 - 209
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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