@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00016003,
 author = {Brierley,  Mark and Aruga,  Mary and Carruth,  Fred},
 journal = {信州大学人文社会科学研究},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {Goals relating to communication, and specifically speaking, have been clearly foregrounded in recent education policies of the Japanese Ministry of Education (MEXT) and educational institutions in Japan. If such goals are set, how do we know whether they have been met? This paper will describe attempts to assess the speaking ability of a group of first-year university students enrolled in a general English course. We will give a review of the literature surrounding the testing of speaking, cover the design and implementation of a speaking
interview test, and explore implications. A survey was conducted on students who had taken the test, and we report the results., Article, 信州大学人文社会科学研究 3: 71-86(2009)},
 pages = {71--86},
 title = {Assessing Speaking in a University General English Course},
 volume = {3},
 year = {2009}
}