Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Context of the Study
1.2 Purpose of the Study
1.3 Significance of the Study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Definitions of the Key Terms
1.6 Organization of the Book
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 The Paired (Group) Oral Test
2.2 Empirical Researches on the Paired (Group) Oral Test
2.2.1 Researches on the Reliability of the Paired (Group) Oral Test
2.2.2 Researches on the Validity of the Paired (Group) Oral Test
2.2.2.1 Interlocutor effect of language proficiency
2.2.2.2 Interlocutor effect of gender
2.2.2.3 Interlocutor effect of acquaintanceship
2.2.2.4 Interlocutor effect of personality
2.3 CA in Language Testing Researches
2.3.1 CA
2.3.2 Quantification of the Talk
2.3.3 CA in Language Testing Researches
2.4 Bachman & Palmer'sAUA
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 Methodology
3.1 Data
3.1.1 CET-SET
3.1.1.1 Task features
3.1.1.2 Assessment
3.2 Instruments
3.2.1 EPQ
3.2.2 Gong Yaoxian's Version of EPQ
3.2.3 MANOVA
3.2.4 CA
3.3 Procedures
3.3.1 Administration of Gong Yaoxian's Version of EPQ
3.3.2 Scoring of the EPQ
3.3.3 Determining the Extroversion/Introversion
3.3.4 Determining the Oral Proficiency Levels
3.3.5 Data Transcription
3.3.6 Coding
3.3.6.1 Development of the coding scheme
3.3.6.2 Procedures for coding
3.3.7 Summary
Chapter 4 The Relationship Between Test-Takers' Personalities and Their Interactional Competence
4.1 The Relationship Between an Individual Test-Taker's Personality
and IC
4.1.1 The Effect of an Individual Test-Taker's Personality
on His/Her IC Sub-scores
4.1.2 The Effect of an Individual Test-Taker's Personality
on His/Her Own Spoken Discourse
4.1.3 The Effect of an Individual Test-Taker's Personality
