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      Nakatsuhara, F. 2010-2011. ‘The relationship between test-takers’ listening proficiency and their performance on the IELTS Speaking test’.
      Funding body: The IELTS Partners
      Summary: This study investigated the relationship between test-takers’ listening proficiency and performance on Part 3 (discussion) of the IELTS Speaking test, as against that on Part 2 (individual long turn), and explored how communication problems that were associated with test-takers’ listening proficiency occurred and how these problems were dealt with.
      URL: http://www.beds.ac.uk/research/bmri/crella/projects/IELTS_speaking
      Country of research: United Kingdom
      Institutional level: tertiary
      Entered by: University of Bedfordshire (Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment)
      Nakatsuhara, F. 2008. ‘Inter-interviewer variation in oral interview tests’. English Language Teaching Journal 62/3: 266-275
      Entered by: University of Bedfordshire (Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment)
      Nakatsuhara, F. 2006. ‘The impact of proficiency-level on conversational styles in paired speaking tests’. Research Notes, Cambridge ESOL 25: 15-20
      Entered by: University of Bedfordshire (Centre for Research in English Language Learning and Assessment)