Blackman, Galicia2017-06-282017-06-282017-05Blackman, G. "An Interpretive Exercise in Moving from Research to Assessment in Language Arts". 2017 In Preciado Babb, P., Yeworiew, L., Sabbaghan, S. (Eds.). Selected Proceedings of the IDEAS Conference: Leading Educational Change, pp. 150-158. Calgary, Canada: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary.http://hdl.handle.net/1880/52122Research on dialogic learning practices supports the use of dialogic contexts for language students, but actual teaching practice provides little evidence of corresponding assessments. In order to facilitate a qualitative research project on dialogic practices in language classes, I used audio-journals. This paper reports on an interpretive exercise, which came out of that research. In the interpretive exercise, I considered the strengths and challenges of using audio-journals in research. Furthermore, I contemplated the possibilities of using audio-journals in Language Arts instruction, to close in on the research gap regarding assessment of oral literacy.language learningaudio-journalsassessmentunknown10.11575/PRISM/5330