Testing ESL Sociopragmatics : Development and Validation of a Web-based Test Battery Hardback
by Carsten Roever, Catherine Elder, Catherine Elder
Part of the Language Testing and Evaluation series
Hardback
Description
Testing of second language pragmatics has grown as a research area but still suffers from a tension between construct coverage and practicality.
In this book, the authors describe the development and validation of a web-based test of second language pragmatics for learners of English.
The test has a sociopragmatic orientation and strives for a broad coverage of the construct by assessing learners’ metapragmatic judgments as well as their ability to co-construct discourse.
To ensure practicality, the test is delivered online and is scored partially automatically and partially by human raters.
We used the argument-based approach to validation, which showed that the test can support low-stakes decisions about learners’ knowledge of sociopragmatics in English.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:182 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:30/07/2014
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- ISBN:9783631653791
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:182 pages
- Publisher:Peter Lang AG
- Publication Date:30/07/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9783631653791
