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Name of Test	Classroom Oral Competency Interview (COCI)

Languages	Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, ASL, Aymara, Bengali, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Cakchiquel, Cambodian, Catalan, Cebuano, Chavacano, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Chuukese (Lagoon), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dari, Dutch, Egyptian, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Farsi/Persian, Fijian, Filipino, Finnish, Flemish, French, Galego, Georgian, German, Greek, Guaraní, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hilgaynon, Hindi, Hmong, Hungarian, Ibo, Icelandic, Ilokano, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Javanese, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malagasy, Malay, Maori, Marathi, Mongolian, Navajo, Nepali, Norwegian, Palauan, Pashto, Persian, Pohnpeian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese (Continental), Punjabi, Quechua, Rarotongan, Romanian, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Tagalog, Tahitian, Tamil, Tausug, Thai, Tibetan, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese, Welsh, Yiddish

Test Description	The Classroom Oral Competency Interview (COCI) is an interactive, holistic assessment of oral performance conducted in a natural, conversation-like exchange between an interviewer and a second language learner. It takes into consideration the context of the communicative foreign language classroom at the secondary level where teachers need a process for evaluating oral language in a manner that is administered, scored, and interpreted rapidly and easily. The COCI targets a relatively restricted scope of language performance, and divides this language use into three major ranges: formulaic, created, and planned language. Within those major ranges, it focuses on the nature of the language used; it characterizes that use in three subcategories or phases for each of the ranges: low, mid, and high. It takes about 5-7 minutes to administer the COCI and it takes the student from a "warm-up" to a dialogue intended to establish a range, aided by probing questions, to a "wind-down."

Grade Level(s)	6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, College

Proficiency Level(s)

Intended Test Use	Placement

Skills Tested	Listening, Speaking

Test Author/Publisher	California Foreign Language Project

Publication Date	8/1/1993

Test Cost

Test Length	5-7 minutes

Test Materials	Examiner's booklet, sample rating tape

Test Format	Face-to-face Interview

Scoring Method	Holistic

Scoring Process	Local trained rater scored

Results Reported	Proficiency Level

Administered By	Trained testers

Administered When

Administered How	Individually

Administered Where	On request

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Test Development and Technical Information	The COCI was developed by a committee of practicing secondary and post-secondary language educators. It was pilot-tested throughout California in language courses. It has been tested for validity and reliability on a limited basis. A more extensive process is planned.

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Parallel Versions in Other Languages	The COCI can be used for all languages

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