EQUAL OPPORTUNITYWHERE POSSIBLE, THE TASK SHOULD ALLOW PARTICIPANTS...

5. Equal Opportunity

Where possible, the task should allow participants (and definitely exam candidates) an equal opportunity to structure the conversation. Ideally, they should have equal access to important features of turn-taking such as self-selection and nomination and should be able to initiate, negotiate and follow up other participants` contributions. Care must therefore be taken not to devise assessment tasks that require or encourage the adoption of unequal roles in conversation (unless, of course, it is specifically designed to practise unequal social roles, such as boss-employee, etc).