ORAL INTERVIEW ASSESSMENT IN BUSINESS CHINESE SPEAKING COURSES: BENEFITS AND DRAWBACKS

Tran Khai Xuan1, , Ho Ngoc Anh Thu
1 Trường Đại học Sư phạm Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

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Abstract

With the ongoing development of Business Chinese teaching, the assessment of speaking proficiency has gained increasing significance. Currently, oral interview assessments are widely adopted as the final examination format in Business Chinese speaking courses across universities. To gain deeper insights into the effectiveness of this assessment method in practice, this study employed a survey to collect students’ feedback on their testing experiences The research aimed at  analyzing the advantages of the oral interview format—such as its ability to evaluate language expression and facilitate interactive communication—as well as its limitations in areas such as contextual design, scoring standards, and fairness.Based on the analysis, the study concludes that while oral interviews remain valuable, future assessments should explore more individualized response formats to enhance objectivity and accuracy, thereby better supporting the cultivation of students’ real-world Business Chinese speaking proficiency.

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