Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Chapter 1. Overview of the Book 1
6. Chapter 2. The Genesis and Evolution of the OPI System 6
7. Chapter 3. A Critical Appraisal of the OPI 20
8. Chapter 4. Theoretical Bases for Investigating the OPI Speech Event 41
9. Chapter 5. A Discourse Analysis Study of the OPI 76
10. Chapter 6. Native Speakers’ Perceptions of the OPI Speech Event 121
11. Chapter 7. A Prototypical Model of the OPI Communicative Speech Event 140
12. Chapter 8. Communicative Competence versus Interactional Competence 152
13. Chapter 9. The Practical Oral Language Ability: The Application of Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory to Language Testing 181
14. Appendixes 207
15. Bibliography 213
16. Index 227