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Assessing Interactional Competence: Principles, Test Development and Validation through an L2 Chinese IC Test

Assessing Interactional Competence: Principles, Test Development and Validation through an L2 Chinese IC Test

Hardcover

Series: Language Testing and Evaluation, Book 48

English as a Second LanguageLinguisticsBilingual Education

ISBN10: 3631882505
ISBN13: 9783631882504
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Published: Jun 24 2024
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.62
Height: 1.13 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

With the growing recognition of the need to broaden the definition of Interactional Competence (IC) for communication and learning, this monograph offers the first book-length treatment on the conceptualization, development and validation of IC assessment instruments. Combining psychometrics with discourse analysis, highlights of the book include: 1) evidence that a holistic IC construct - encompassing the sequential, emotional, logical, moral and categorial dimensions - can be assessed reliably, 2) a practical IC rubric that is adaptable to diverse languages and contexts, 3) demonstration that L2 speakers can have stronger IC than L1 speakers. The book argues that IC needs to be taught and assessed for both L1 and L2 speakers to promote fairness in language education.

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