Testing ESL sociopragmatics : development and validation of a web-based test battery. Language testing and evaluation ; Vol. 35.

Röver, Carsten, Catriona Fraser und Catherine Elder:

ISBN 10: 3631653794 / ISBN 13: 9783631653791

Published by Frankfurt, M. : Lang-Ed., 2014

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182 S. Ein tadelloses Exemplar. - Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- 1 Introduction 15 -- 2 Pragmatics: The lay of the land 19 -- 2.1 The content of pragmatics: Speech acts et al 20 -- 2.2 Context in pragmatics 22 -- 2.3 What language users know: Sociopragmatic and pragmalinguistic knowledge 24 -- 2.4 Applied pragmatics: Cross-cultural and interlanguage pragmatics 26 -- 3 Interlanguage pragmatics and pragmatic development 29 -- 3.1 Research designs and instruments 29 -- 3.1.1 Receptive research instruments 30 -- 3.1.2 Productive research instruments 33 -- 3.2 Developmental trajectories 35 -- 3.2.1 Speech acts 35 -- 3.2.2 Implicature, routine formulae and indexicals 37 -- 3.2.3 Extended discourse 38 -- 3.3 Individual differences and development of L2 pragmatics 39 -- 4 Testing second language pragmatics 45 -- 4.1 The ancestors: Early functional orientation 45 -- 4.2 The first generation: Speech acts 46 -- 4.3 The second generation: Broadening the construct 49 -- 4.4 Third generation: Interaction 51 -- 4.5 Testing for research purposes 52 -- 4.6 Issues in testing L2 pragmatics 53 4.6.1 Inferences, practicality, context 53 -- 4.6.2 The native speaker standard, or: benchmarking in the age of lingua franca 55 -- 5 Validity and Validation 59 -- 5.1 The argument-based approach to validity 60 -- 5.2 Validity and validation in tests of L2 pragmatics 63 -- 5.3 A validity argument for a test of ESL sociopragmatic knowledge 65 -- 5.3.1 From target domain to observation: Domain Description 66 -- 5.3.2 From observation to observed score: Evaluation (Scoring) 67 -- 5.3.3 From observed score to universe score: Generalization 68 -- 5.3.4 From universe score to construct: Explanation 68 -- 5.3.5 From construct to target score: Extrapolation 69 -- 5.3.6 From target score to test use: Utilization 69 -- 6 This study 71 -- 7 Methodology 73 -- 7.1 Instrument types : 73 -- 7.2 Online development 77 -- 7.3 Pre-pilot testing 78 -- 7.4 Pilot test 79 -- 7.4.1 Instruments 79 -- 7.4.2 Participants 83 -- 7.4.3 Test administration 85 -- 7.4.4 Scoring 86 -- 7.4.5 Data analysis 87 -- 7.4.6 Pilot results 88 -- 7.5 Revising the test 92 -- 7.6 Final test 95 -- 7.6.1 Items 95 -- 7.6.2 Interlanguage pragmatics test 101 -- 7.6.3 Test administration 103 -- 7.6.4 Participants 104 -- 7.6.5 Scoring 106 -- 7.6.6 Data analysis 107 ISBN 9783631653791 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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• Title: Testing ESL sociopragmatics : development and validation of a web-based test battery. Language testing and evaluation ; Vol. 35.
• Publisher: Frankfurt, M. : Lang-Ed.
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631653794
• ISBN 13: 9783631653791
• Binding: Originalhardcover.
• Condition: Wie neu
• Weight: 550 grams
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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Carsten Roever is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Melbourne.
Catriona Fraser holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Melbourne.
Catherine Elder is the former director of the Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne.