Assessing Speaking In Context

Author : M. Rafael Salaberry
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
ISBN 13 : 1788923839
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing Speaking in Context written by M. Rafael Salaberry and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2021-07-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume investigates the nature and possible applications of an expanded and reconceptualized theoretical construct of speaking as a dynamic socially-constructed endeavour. It addresses both theoretical perspectives and methodological procedures to define and circumscribe the assessment of contextualized speaking. The 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 findings on the inherently dynamic and situated nature of language use. The volume presents research on language assessment in a variety of languages other than English, including French, Chinese and Japanese. It also examines the role that embodied action (gaze, gesture, orientation to materials and texts in the environment) plays in assessment practices, an area that has heretofore remained under-explored. Chapter 6 is free to download as an open access publication. You can access it here: https://zenodo.org/record/5163340#.YQvJ0IhKjcs

Author : Sari Luoma
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521800528
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing Speaking written by Sari Luoma and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes teachers and language testers through the research on the assessment of speaking.

Author : Amanda B. Clinton
Publisher : Amer Psychological Assn
ISBN 13 : 9781433815652
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing Bilingual Children in Context written by Amanda B. Clinton and published by Amer Psychological Assn. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the interplay between factors impacting English language learners and considers implications for assessment. It advocates for an integrated assessment of bilingual children that considers multiple influences.

Author : Natasha Artemeva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032244846
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reconsidering Context in Language Assessment written by Natasha Artemeva and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume reconsiders the role of context in language testing and assessment by applying key social theories, including theories of genre, situated learning, intercultural communication, multimodality, and interaction, to language testing and assessment research and practice"--

Author : Rebecca Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317862767
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching and Researching: Speaking written by Rebecca Hughes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-04 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speaking is a dynamic, interpersonal process and one that strongly influences how we are perceived by others in a range of formal and everyday contexts. Despite this, speaking is often researched and taught as if it is simply writing delivered in a different mode. In Teaching and Researching Speaking, Rebecca Hughes suggests that we have less understanding than we might of important meaning-making aspects of speech such as prosody, gaze, affect, and the ways speakers collaborate and negotiate with one another in interaction. This thoroughly revised and updated second edition looks to the future of the field, offering: A new chapter on assessment, discussing 'high stakes' oral language testing contexts such as immigration New material considering access to spoken data via the worldwide web and new technologies that allow neurolinguistic insights formerly hidden from view Summaries and case studies to help the reader understand how to approach researching speaking and encourages practitioners to question the models of speaking that they are using in their classrooms. Reviewing materials and assessment practices in the light of current knowledge about spoken language, and highlighting areas for new work and collaboration between researchers and practitioners, this book will be a valuable resource for anyone involved in language teaching.

Author : Lynda Taylor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521736706
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Examining Speaking written by Lynda Taylor and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date review of the relevant literature on assessing speaking.

Author : Christine C. M. Goh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110701123X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Teaching Speaking written by Christine C. M. Goh and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Drawing on wide-ranging literature from a variety of relevant disciplines, as well as their own extensive experience in teaching spoken English, the authors give a fascinating, comprehensive, and insightful account of the nature of second language speaking skills. The research and theory they survey then serves as the basis for the principles, strategies, and procedures they propose for the teaching of spoken English. This book will, therefore, provide an invaluable resource for teachers, teachers in training, and researchers, providing both a state-of-the-art survey of the field as well as a source of practical ideas for those involved in planning, teaching, and evaluating courses and materials for the teaching of spoken English"--

Author : Luoma, Sari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Assessing Speaking written by Luoma, Sari and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dina Tsagari
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501500864
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Second Language Assessment written by Dina Tsagari and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-03-07 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second language assessment is ubiquitous. It has found its way from education into questions about access to professions and migration. This volume focuses on the main debates and research advances in second language assessment in the last fifty years or so, showing the influence of linguistics, politics, philosophy, psychology, sociology, and psychometrics. There are four parts which, when taken together, address the principles and practices of second language assessment while considering its impact on society. Read separately, each part addresses a different aspect of the field. Part I deals with the conceptual foundations of second language assessment with chapters on the purposes of assessment, and standards and frameworks, as well as matters of scoring, quality assurance, and test validation. Part II addresses the theory and practice of assessing different second language skills including aspects like intercultural competence and fluency. Part III examines the challenges and opportunities of second language assessment in a range of contexts. In addition to chapters on second language assessment on a national scale, there are chapters on learning-oriented assessment, as well as the uses of second language assessment in the workplace and for migration. Part IV examines a selection of important issues in the field that deserve attention. These include the alignment of language examinations to external frameworks, the increasing use of technology to both deliver and score second language tests, the responsibilities associated with assessing test takers with special needs, the concept of 'voice' in second language assessment, and assessment literacy for teachers and other test and score users.

Author : Pia Sundqvist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350064823
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Testing Talk written by Pia Sundqvist and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oral assessments are of vital importance to second language learners, but how can teachers and examiners best test L2 learner talk and interaction? Bringing together theory and research within the field of L2 oral proficiency, with the concept of L2 encompassing any language learned later than the early childhood years, this book provides a state-of-the art overview of what is at stake for L2 learners and examiners, and advice on how to approach testing and assessment. Using data and findings from empirical research to illustrate and discuss key topics, Testing Talk takes the reader step-by-step through the major concepts and issues in the oral assessment of second languages, with a main focus on L2 English. Investigating and explaining the most important educational and interactional issues facing both examiners and test-takers, such as the factors which come into play during speaking tests, the differences between common test formats, and the challenge of ensuring equity in assessment, this book offers research-based advice on ways to design test tasks and in-depth insights into the assessment of L2 speaking. Featuring a glossary of key terms and concepts, discussion questions and further reading for each chapter, and a comprehensive companion website hosting a wealth of additional materials, including authentic test recordings and assessment tasks to be used by researchers and practitioners alike, this is the only book needed in order to understand, design, and assess interactive oral L2 tests.