Treffer: Performance-Based Speaking Tests: Possibilities in Local Language Testing

Title:
Performance-Based Speaking Tests: Possibilities in Local Language Testing
Language:
English
Authors:
Dimova, Slobodanka
Source:
Language Teaching Research Quarterly. 2022 29:120-133.
Availability:
European Knowledge Development (EUROKD). e-mail: editorial@eurokd.com; Web site: https://www.eurokd.com/journal/jd/1
Peer Reviewed:
Y
Page Count:
14
Publication Date:
2022
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift Journal Articles<br />Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors:
Language Tests, Speech Communication, Performance Based Assessment, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Correlation, Evaluators, Rating Scales, Cooperation, Task Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Program Effectiveness, Holistic Approach, Training Methods, Test Use, Test Format
ISSN:
2667-6753
Entry Date:
2023
Accession Number:
EJ1361396
Database:
ERIC

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Drawing on Glenn Fulcher's extensive work in performance-based language assessment of speaking, this paper explores the assessment of L2 speaking ability in local language testing contexts. For that purpose, I review Fulcher's influential work that highlights the relationship between the speaking construct, the task, the performance, and the scale, and I provide an overview of various task types, approaches to scale development, and rater-training programs. Then, I argue that local language testing provides a wide range of possibilities for task development, scale design, and rater training due to the opportunity for collaboration with local expertise (students, instructors, policy-makers) and the ability to keep up with the evolving speaking construct in the local context.

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