2012 3 Jul 2012

Foreign Language Testing and Teaching

H319 A 2095 1167 2012 03 0053 07

L F Bachman
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Abstract As a relative and dynamic conceptauthenticity has been a focus in the language assessment field in the
last three decades The paper intends to give a brief review of Bachman's research and development of authenticity
and aims to equip language assessment researchers with a better understanding of its essenceanticipating more multi-
dimensionally empirical studies of authenticity to be conducted in language assessment practice so as to update assess-
ment fairness
Key words authenticity correspondence approach multidimensional analysis

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interactional ability approach IA Bachman

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correspondence approach Bachman 20032004200520062007 Bachman
Palmer 2010 assessment use argument AUA
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personal characteristics random measurement error

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real life domains language instruction domains
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