MOLOKOVYCh O. Testing Speaking of the Second Year Students Studying English as a Second Foreign Language.

The dissertation deals with the problem concerning testing speaking during the second year at Linguistic University, students that study English as a second foreign language. The methods of testing speaking of the second year students are theoretically substantiated. The specific of testing speaking of the students studying English as a second foreign language is determined. The psychological readiness of the second year students to the test tasks doing is concretized. The requirements to the language and speech material of the test tasks complex are determined. The objects of testing speaking in English as a second foreign language are classified. The test task quality requirements such as validity, reliability, authenticity and others are concretized. The complex of test tasks to test speaking is developed. The effectiveness of the latter complex is verified and confirmed during the test tasks piloting. The criterial scales for scoring the test tasks results are developed and validized. The developed methodical recommendations how to apply the complex of test tasks are practically used in the process of teaching to the 2nd year students at Linguistic University.