Lyn May is a lecturer in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) at the School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education at Queensland University of Technology. Her research interests focus on second language assessment and pedagogy, interactional competence, and the oracy demands of tertiary study.

• Contents: Interactional competence from the rater’s perspective – The extent to which performances in a paired speaking test are considered separable by raters.

Lyn May is a lecturer in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) at the School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education at Queensland University of Technology. Her research interests focus on second language assessment and pedagogy, interactional competence, and the oracy demands of tertiary study.

• Contents: Interactional competence from the rater’s perspective – The extent to which performances in a paired speaking test are considered separable by raters.

Lyn May is a lecturer in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) at the School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education at Queensland University of Technology. Her research interests focus on second language assessment and pedagogy, interactional competence, and the oracy demands of tertiary study.

• Contents: Interactional competence from the rater’s perspective – The extent to which performances in a paired speaking test are considered separable by raters.