A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests. PB

Anotace:
kniha pro učitele se zaměřuje na testování
Popis:
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, turntaking, repair, preference structure,
and topic management. CA offers a systematic approach for analyzing
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 aims to provide language testers
with a background in the conversation analytic framework and a
fuller understanding of what is entailed in using conversation
analysis in the specific context of oral language test validation.
Contents: 1. An overview of oral language assessment;
2.Conversation analysis, institutional talk, and oral language
assessment; 3.Data collection and transcription; 4. Data analysis
and presentation; 5. Some speaking test validation studies using
this approach; 6. Summary and future directions