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Testing ESL Pragmatics: Development and Validation of a Web-Based Assessment Battery

Testing ESL Pragmatics: Development and Validation of a Web-Based Assessment Battery

Röver, Carsten
Sigott, Günther

Paperback

Series: Language Testing and Evaluation, Book 2

LinguisticsGeneral Education

ISBN10: 3631528361
ISBN13: 9783631528365
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: Feb 18 2005
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
Although second language learners' pragmatic competence (their ability to use language in context) is an essential part of their general communicative competence, it has not been a part of second language tests. This book helps fill this gap by describing the development and validation of a web-based test of ESL pragmalinguistics. The instrument assesses learners' knowledge of routine formulae, speech acts, and implicature in 36 multiple-choice and brief-response items. The test's quantitative and qualitative validation with 300 learners showed high reliability and provided strong evidence of the instrument's construct validity. Its web-based format makes it easy to administer and score. The book ends with a discussion of future research directions in assessing second language pragmatics.

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