Validating Language Proficiency Assessments in Second Language Acquisition Research: Applying an Argument-Based Approach (Language Testing and Evaluation, Band 38) - Hardcover

Buch 8 von 11: Language Testing and Evaluation

Drackert, Anastasia

 
9783631667217: Validating Language Proficiency Assessments in Second Language Acquisition Research: Applying an Argument-Based Approach (Language Testing and Evaluation, Band 38)
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ISBN 10: 3631667213 ISBN 13: 9783631667217
Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

The book introduces the reader to an argument-based approach to validity as a way to improve test validation in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research. Motivated by the need for practical suggestions for raising proficiency assessment standards in SLA research, it exemplifies the approach by validating two distinct score interpretations for a new Russian Elicited Imitation Test (EIT). Two empirical investigations with 164 Russian learners in the USA and Germany were conducted to evaluate the accuracy of the score interpretations associated with two distinct test uses. The EIT proved to constitute a reliable and valid instrument for differentiating between a wide range of oracy skills. The proposed cut scores enabled prediction of several levels of speaking and listening proficiency. The author concludes with implications for using the argument-based approach for validating assessments in SLA research, for the use of the developed Russian EIT, and for future research on Elicited Imitation Tests in general.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anastasia Drackert (née Mozgalina) holds a PhD in Linguistics with specialization in Language Testing from Georgetown University. She works and teaches in the areas of language assessment, foreign language education and task-based language learning and teaching. Her research appeared in a variety of journal articles and book chapters.

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Verlag
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3631667213
ISBN 13 
9783631667217
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
239
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