Interlocutor behaviors during oral assessment interviews

Abstract

This study investigated interlocutor behaviors during oral assessment interviews. The study was conducted at Karadeniz Teknik University, with the participation of 272 students and twenty instructors assigned to conduct oral interviews in the Department of Basic English. Data were collected through questionnaires and the analysis of videorecordings. Students ranked each of the interviewers separately. The analysis of the quantitative data revealed that while students generally perceived their interlocutors’ behaviors more positively, there were important differences among the behaviors. The analysis of the video-recordings also showed that the interlocutors generally displayed positive behaviors during oral assessment interviews but showed variation in their behaviors.