This written version of a plenary to the Language Testing Research Colloquium relates research into second language speaking task performance to language testing. A brief review of models of communicative competence and of speaking is provided. Then, two major areas within testing are discussed: the concepts of difficulty and ability for use. The next section covers research into spoken task-based performance, covering effects from task conditions, and from task characteristics. In addition, the measurement of such performance is described and briefly compared with performance rating in testing. Then, the final section relates the task research findings to language testing. A framework for testing spoken performance is outlined, and the general claim made that effective sampling through tests, in order to generalise to real-world performance, can usefully draw on findings from second language task research, as well as the distinction between Conceptualiser and Formulator processes.

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将第二语言口语任务表现与语言测试联系起来

语言测试研究研讨会全体会议的书面版本将第二语言口语任务表现的研究与语言测试联系起来。简要回顾了交际能力和说话的模型。然后，讨论测试中的两个主要领域：难度和使用能力的概念。下一节将介绍基于口语任务的表现的研究，涵盖任务条件和任务特征的影响。此外，还描述了此类性能的测量，并与测试中的性能评级进行了简要比较。然后，最后一部分将任务研究结果与语言测试联系起来。概述了测试口语表现的框架，并普遍认为，通过测试进行有效采样，以便推广到现实世界的表现，可以有效地利用第二语言任务研究的发现，以及概念化者和制定者之间的区别流程。