Interaction in Paired Oral Proficiency Assessment in Spanish - Rater and Candidate Input into Evidence Based Scale Development and Construct Definition

Defining the construct of interaction for paired assessment purposes has been difficult, despite the evolution of our view of language to include the social perspective of co-construction, and the fact that such discourse is increasingly taught and assessed. In this volume three sequenced studies define interaction in paired oral assessment through the verbal protocols of learners of Spanish and their assessors. Assessors then scale performances from videoed test performance data resulting in the development of an evidence based rating process which includes non-verbal interpersonal communication, interactive listening and interactional management.

List of contents

Contents: Issues relevant to assessing communicative interaction in pairs - Interlocutor effects in testing speaking - Developing rating scales - Rater orientation to peer interaction in speaking tests - Candidate orientation to peer interaction - Developing a data based rating procedure from observed peer interaction.

Product details

• Authors: Ana Maria Ducasse
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9783631613344
• ISBN: 978-3-631-61334-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 14 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 360 g
• Series: Language Testing and Evaluation; Language Testing and Evaluation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics