Elicited imitation (EI) is an approach to measuring oral proficiency that consists of having test takers hear a sentence and repeat the sentence exactly as they heard it. Though indirect in nature. EI has successfully shown to correlate with previously established oral proficiency examinations. such as the Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) (Lonsdale and Christensen 2014. https://bellfordtoysandhobbiers.shop/product-category/wooden-train-set/