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      <journal-id journal-id-type="elibrary">48734</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Teaching Methodology in Higher Education</journal-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Вопросы методики преподавания в вузе</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2227-8591</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">15</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Oral Proficiency Interview testing methodology</article-title>
        <trans-title-group xml:lang="ru">
          <trans-title>Оценка языковой компетенции (OPI) как определение уровня владения языком</trans-title>
        </trans-title-group>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Krundyshev</surname>
            <given-names>Mikhail A.</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/>
          <email>mikkrund@inbox.ru</email>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <aff id="aff1">Saint-Petersburg State University</aff>
      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2015-11-19">
        <day>19</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2015</year>
      </pub-date>
      <issue>4(18)</issue>
      <fpage>110</fpage>
      <lpage>115</lpage>
      <self-uri xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" content-type="pdf" xlink:href="https://tmhe.spbstu.ru/userfiles/files/VMP18-110-115.pdf"/>
      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>This article is about Oral Proficiency Interview testing methodology that was done by ACTFL (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) and is used in various organizations as well as universities across the United States. This methodology helps to identify levels of proficiency. Students who are preparing for OPI should be aware of this testing methodology.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>testing</kwd>
        <kwd>OPI</kwd>
        <kwd>ACTFL</kwd>
        <kwd>language proficiency</kwd>
        <kwd>role play</kwd>
        <kwd>discourse</kwd>
        <kwd>fluency in speaking the language</kwd>
        <kwd>context</kwd>
        <kwd>accuracy</kwd>
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