Testing ESL Sociopragmatics : Development and Validation of a Web-based Test Battery
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Language Testing and Evaluation
ISBN-10
3631653794
ISBN-13
9783631653791
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 2014
Print length
182 Pages
Weight
342 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 15.40 x 1.80 cms
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Language: reference & generalLanguage acquisitionLanguage teaching theory & methods
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This book describes the development and argument-based validation of a web-based test of second language pragmatics for learners of English. The test has a sociopragmatic orientation and strives for broad coverage of the construct by assessing metapragmatic judgment as well as the ability to co-construct discourse.
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.
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