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.
| ISBN: | 9783631653791 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2014 |
| Author: | Carsten Roever, Catherine Elder, Catherine Elder |
| Publisher: | Peter Lang AG |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 182 pages |
| Series: | Language Testing and Evaluation |
| Genres: |
Language acquisition Language: reference and general Language teaching theory and methods Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation Educational: Modern (non-native or second) languages: Language learning |