This is a report of a study on the reliability of an evaluation of oral performance through audio-taped recordings as compared to a face-to-face evaluation. The oral performance of a sample of 87 undergraduates was evaluated first in a face-to-face setting, and subsequently through audio recordings of that same performance.
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