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