Testing the Spoken English of Young Norwegians : A Study of Testing Validity and the Role of Smallwords in Contributing to Pupils' Fluency
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Studies in Language Testing
ISBN-10
0521544726
ISBN-13
9780521544726
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 24th, 2005
Print length
322 Pages
Weight
498 grams
Dimensions
22.30 x 15.30 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
ELT: teaching theory & methodsELT: speaking skills
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This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by 'smallwords'.
This book reports on a two-part study: the validation of a test of spoken English for Norwegian secondary school pupils and the corpus-based investigation of the role played by ''smallwords'', such as ''well'', ''sort of'', and ''you know'', in bringing about fluency. The first study builds on the Messickian six central aspects of construct validity to produce a practical framework for test validation. It identifies potential sources of invalidity in the test being examined particularly relating to ''fluency''. The second study sets about to explore the concept of fluency, and to expose the extent to which it is acknowledged in the literature to be associated with smallwords, albeit under other names. The findings from the corpus study are drawn on to propose new elements to include in descriptors of fluency, and the implications of the study for classroom practices are discussed.
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