• Asking more than one question in one turn in oral examinations and its impact on examination quality 

      Skovholt, Karianne; Solem, Marit Skarbø; Vonen, Maria Njølstad; Sikveland, Rein Ove; Stokoe, Elizabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The assessment of oral skills is a key part of school examination systems around the world. Typically, examiners engage candidates in a conversational encounter to elicit assessable talk. However, we know little about how ...
    • How teachers use prosody to guide students towards an adequate answer 

      Sikveland, Rein Ove; Solem, Marit Skarbø; Skovholt, Karianne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      This paper focuses on the role prosodic features play in displaying evaluative stance in desk talks and oral exams in Norwegian secondary schools. We explore the extent to which teachers make available, to students, their ...