Pia Sundqvist is Professor of English Language Education at the University of Oslo, Norway.Erica Sandlund is Professor of English Linguistics at Karlstad University, Sweden.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsTranscription ConventionsPart I: What Research Shows: Theoretical Insights1. Introduction: Framing the Fluidity of L2 Talk 2. Capturing Competencies: Why L2 Oral Proficiency Assessment? 3. L2 Oral Tests and their Assessment4. Planning and Administering Oral Tests: Facts and Factors Part II: What Can Be Learned? Insights from Empirical Studies5. The Practical Realities of Testing and Assessment6. What it Takes to Take a Test7. Uncovering Factors in Assessment 8. Improving Equity: Paths to Progress 9. Conclusion: Setting a Grade but Looking AheadAppendixGlossary ReferencesIndex

Rarely do we witness the awe-inspiring synergy of conversation analysts, assessment specialists, and testing practitioners. Sundqvist and Sandlund have offered us a “triple delight.” Testing Talk is a blueprint for confronting the fraught reality of assessing L2 interaction empirically, ecologically, and imaginatively.

Pia Sundqvist is Professor of English Language Education at the University of Oslo, Norway.Erica Sandlund is Professor of English Linguistics at Karlstad University, Sweden.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsTranscription ConventionsPart I: What Research Shows: Theoretical Insights1. Introduction: Framing the Fluidity of L2 Talk 2. Capturing Competencies: Why L2 Oral Proficiency Assessment? 3. L2 Oral Tests and their Assessment4. Planning and Administering Oral Tests: Facts and Factors Part II: What Can Be Learned? Insights from Empirical Studies5. The Practical Realities of Testing and Assessment6. What it Takes to Take a Test7. Uncovering Factors in Assessment 8. Improving Equity: Paths to Progress 9. Conclusion: Setting a Grade but Looking AheadAppendixGlossary ReferencesIndex

Rarely do we witness the awe-inspiring synergy of conversation analysts, assessment specialists, and testing practitioners. Sundqvist and Sandlund have offered us a “triple delight.” Testing Talk is a blueprint for confronting the fraught reality of assessing L2 interaction empirically, ecologically, and imaginatively.

Pia Sundqvist is Professor of English Language Education at the University of Oslo, Norway.Erica Sandlund is Professor of English Linguistics at Karlstad University, Sweden.

• List of FiguresList of TablesAcknowledgementsTranscription ConventionsPart I: What Research Shows: Theoretical Insights1. Introduction: Framing the Fluidity of L2 Talk 2. Capturing Competencies: Why L2 Oral Proficiency Assessment? 3. L2 Oral Tests and their Assessment4. Planning and Administering Oral Tests: Facts and Factors Part II: What Can Be Learned? Insights from Empirical Studies5. The Practical Realities of Testing and Assessment6. What it Takes to Take a Test7. Uncovering Factors in Assessment 8. Improving Equity: Paths to Progress 9. Conclusion: Setting a Grade but Looking AheadAppendixGlossary ReferencesIndex

Rarely do we witness the awe-inspiring synergy of conversation analysts, assessment specialists, and testing practitioners. Sundqvist and Sandlund have offered us a “triple delight.” Testing Talk is a blueprint for confronting the fraught reality of assessing L2 interaction empirically, ecologically, and imaginatively.