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This study aims to introduce a test development model to develop a Korean speaking test and validation procedure on it. There is a little published work on Korean speaking test development and validation on them. Therefore, this study attempts to initiate a discussion about it. To measure the Korean speaking proficiency of foreign learners of Korean, language testers need to consider a appropriate development model as a initial step in validation procedure because validation process on a test includes validity evidence gathering from the beginning of test development to the end (Fulcher, 2005; Kim, 2006). Based on the test development models of Bachman and Palmer(1996), Davidson and Lynch (2002), and Kim (2006), the study shows the feasibility of adopting the ADDIE model from the field of instructional technology into Korean language test development. ADDIE stands for (need) analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. In each phase, the study describes features to consider for the development of a Korean speaking test. In the needs analysis phase, language testers collect information on Korean language tests by reverse-engineering test items, where reverse-engineering means test specification writing for a test. In the design and development phases, language testers plan test development procedures, and design and develop test items, test sets, and its administration. In the implementation phase, a test is administered as pilot or a main test. Finally, in the evaluation phase, validation is carried out by using all the information gathered from the previous phases. The information includes validity arguments, test results and their quantitative analysis, and rater training procedures. The test development process is not linear, but also iterative and cyclical.