Assessing Speaking in Context : : Expanding the Construct and its Applications / / ed. by M. Rafael Salaberry, Alfred Rue Burch.

This book takes a critical perspective of research on assessing speaking in second and foreign languages. Chapters focus on the complexity brought about by actual interactional competence in speaking tasks and discuss how testing and assessment models and practices can incorporate recent research on...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Second Language Acquisition ; 149
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Physical Description:1 online resource (336 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Contributors --
Part 1 Conceptual and Theoretical Issues --
1 Assessing Speaking in Context: Expanding the Construct and the Applications --
2 Reconceptualising Interactional Competence for Language Testing --
3 A Case for Nonverbal Behavior: Implications for Construct, Performance and Assessment --
Part 2 Collecting and Rating Speaking Data --
4 Task Instruction in OPI Roleplays --
5 Investigating Raters’ Scoring Processes and Strategies in Paired Speaking Assessment --
6 Rating and Reflecting: Displaying Rater Identities in Collegial L2 English Oral Assessment --
Part 3 Designing Speaking Assessment Tests --
7 Jiazhou? Is It California? Operationalizing Repair in Classroom-based Assessment --
8 Observing and Assessing Interactional Competence in Dynamic Strategic Interaction Scenarios --
9 Using Social Deduction Board Games to Assess and Strengthen Interactional Competence in ESL Learners --
10 Assessing Interactional Competence in Secondary Schools: Issues of Turn-taking --
Part 4 Using New Technologies to Assess Speaking --
11 Design and Implementation of a Classroom-based Virtual Reality Assessment --
12 Operationalising Interactional Competence in Computer-mediated Speaking Tests --
13 Assessing Speaking in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Look Towards the Future --
Index
Summary:This book takes a critical perspective of research on assessing speaking in second and foreign languages. Chapters focus on the complexity brought about by actual interactional competence in speaking tasks and discuss how testing and assessment models and practices can incorporate recent research on the dynamic and situated nature of language use.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781788923828
9783110743357
9783110754001
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9783110754117
9783110753882
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DOI:10.21832/9781788923828
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by M. Rafael Salaberry, Alfred Rue Burch.