Accent and Listening Assessment - A Validation Study of the Use of Speakers with L2 Accents on an Academic English Listening Test

Given the linguistically diverse nature of academic institutions in English-speaking contexts, a strong rationale exists for the incorporation of L2 accents of English in academic listening assessment on the grounds of authenticity and construct representation. However large-scale tests have tended to feature only native-speaker varieties in listening test input owing to concerns about the intelligibility of L2 accents, construct validity and acceptability. This book presents a mixed-methods study designed to address these concerns. Versions of the University Test of English as a Second Language (UTESL) featuring Australian English, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese accented speakers were used to explore the potential for a shared-L1 or familiarity advantage, and to investigate test-takers' attitudes towards L2 accents on a listening test. Implications are drawn for test development and for future research.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Accent - Listening test - Listening assessment - Intelligibility - Language testing - English as an international language - English as a lingua franca - Pronunciation - Attitudes - Differential item functioning - Mixed-methods - Speaker evaluation - Verbal reports - Validation - Japanese English - Chinese English - World Englishes.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Luke Harding
• Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.03.2016
• EAN: 9783631609392
• ISBN: 978-3-631-60939-2
• Seiten: 292
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 20 mm x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 480 g
• Serien: Language Testing and Evaluation; Language Testing and Evaluation
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft