Testing ESL Pragmatics : Development and Validation of a Web-based Assessment Battery

Name: Testing ESL Pragmatics
Brand: Peter Lang GmbH
SKU: 9783631528365
Price: 9000 KES
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ISBN: 9783631528365

by Carsten Röver

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Language Testing and Evaluation

ISBN-10 3631528361

ISBN-13 9783631528365

Publisher Peter Lang GmbH

Imprint Peter Lang GmbH

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 18th, 2005

Print length 169 Pages

Weight 234 grams

Dimensions 14.90 x 20.90 x 1.00 cms

Product Classification: Education Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy

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Although second language learners'' pragmatic competence (their ability to use language in context) is an essential part of their general communicative competence, it has not been a part of second language tests. This book helps fill this gap by describing the development and validation of a web-based test of ESL pragmalinguistics. The instrument assesses learners'' knowledge of routine formulae, speech acts, and implicature in 36 multiple-choice and brief-response items. The test''s quantitative and qualitative validation with 300 learners showed high reliability and provided strong evidence of the instrument''s construct validity. Its web-based format makes it easy to administer and score. The book ends with a discussion of future research directions in assessing second language pragmatics.

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