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The effects of test-taker characteristics on performances in pair and group oral tests

This study investigates the effect of test-taker characteristics on performances in a Pair Oral Test (POT) and a Group Oral Test (GOT). The scores of POT and GOT were examined to see if there were differences between the performances in POT and GOT and if their performances were affected by their own or other test-takers’ personalities, English proficiency, and gender. The sample of test takers was 174 students who were taking English conversation course at a Korean university. Students paired and grouped according to (extrovert and introvert) personality, (low and high) English proficiency, and gender. They took each of three different grouping forms of POT and GOT totaling up to six tests. The findings of the study were as follows. First, the students performed better in POT than in GOT. Secondly, extrovert students showed higher performances than introvert students in both POT and GOT. Thirdly, low English proficiency students performed relatively better in GOT than in POT compared to that of high English proficiency students. Last, female students performed better in POT. While personality and English proficiency did not give any significant influence on the performances in both tests significant gender impact was presented when paired with the same gender of female. Female test-takers were assigned higher scores when paired with the same gender. On the contrary, the female test-takers received lower scores when grouped with the same gender than any other forms of GOT groupings.