A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests
Language testers have generally come to recognize the limitations of traditional statistical methods for validating oral language tests. They have begun to consider more innovative approaches to test validation, approaches that promise to illuminate the assessment process itself, rather than just assessment outcomes (i.e., ratings). One such approach is conversation analysis (or CA), a rigorous empirical methodology developed by sociologists, which employs inductive methods in order to discover and describe the recurrent, systematic properties of conversation, including sequential organization, turn-taking, repair, preference structure, and topic management. CA offers a systematic approach for analysing spoken interaction from a qualitative perspective, allowing one to make observations about a stretch of talk while at the same time interacting with it. This book provides language testers with a background in the conversation analytic framework and a fuller understanding of what is entailed in using conversation analysis in the context of oral language test validation.
- ISBN 13 : 0521002672
- ISBN 10 : 9780521002677
- Judul : A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests
- Pengarang : Anne Lazaraton, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate,
- Kategori : Education
- Penerbit : Cambridge University press
- Bahasa : en
- Tahun : 2002
- Halaman : 223
- Halaman : 223
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Ketersediaan :
Eighty-five Hebrew as a foreign language students in the U.S. were rated on
these 4 methods by 2 independent raters; her analyses detected the main
difference to be in the fourth test, where candidates reported information instead
of being interviewed; she concludes that 'speech style and topic are significant
factors influencing students' scores on oral proficiency' (p. 537). She suggests (
somewhat contrary to her later opinion (Shohamy 1988)) that the OPI is well
suited to testing ...
