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Direct linkRoever, Carsten; Ikeda, Naoki – Language Testing, 2022
The overarching aim of the study is to explore the extent to which test takers' performances on monologic speaking tasks provide information about their interactional competence. This is an important concern from a test use perspective, as stakeholders tend to consider test scores as providing comprehensive information about all aspects of L2…
Descriptors: Scores, Language Tests, Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Testing
Can Daskin, Nilüfer; Hatipoglu, Çiler – Language Testing, 2019
In this study we are concerned with the informal dimension of formative assessment (FA) in an L2 classroom. We examine those instances that are embedded into everyday learning activities and that emerge in and through classroom interaction contingently, continuously and flexibly. Drawing on the methodological underpinnings of Conversation Analysis…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Classroom Communication, Second Language Learning, Evaluation Methods
Youn, Soo Jung – Language Testing, 2015
This study investigates the validity of assessing L2 pragmatics in interaction using mixed methods, focusing on the evaluation inference. Open role-plays that are meaningful and relevant to the stakeholders in an English for Academic Purposes context were developed for classroom assessment. For meaningful score interpretations and accurate…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Pragmatics, Validity, Mixed Methods Research
Pill, John – Language Testing, 2016
The "indigenous assessment practices" (Jacoby & McNamara, 1999) in selected health professions were investigated to inform a review of the scope of assessment in the speaking sub-test of a specific-purpose English language test for health professionals, the Occupational English Test (OET). The assessment criteria in current use on…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Grammar, Language Usage, Patients
Leaper, David A.; Riazi, Mehdi – Language Testing, 2014
This paper reports an investigation into how the prompt may influence the discourse of group oral tests. The group oral test, in which three or four participants are rated on their ability to discuss a prompt, is a format for assessing the spoken ability of language learners. In this study, 141 Japanese university students were videoed in 41 group…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Prompting
Nitta, Ryo; Nakatsuhara, Fumiyo – Language Testing, 2014
Despite the growing popularity of paired format speaking assessments, the effects of pre-task planning time on performance in these formats are not yet well understood. For example, some studies have revealed the benefits of planning but others have not. Using a multifaceted approach including analysis of the process of speaking performance, the…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Language Tests, Second Language Learning, Decision Making
