Interviewer Variability in Oral Proficiency Interviews - Couverture souple

Brown, Annie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3631542240 ISBN 13 : 9783631542248

Editeur : Peter Lang AG, 2005

Synopsis

This book was the winner of the 2005 Jacqueline A. Ross Dissertation Award for second or foreign language testing. The assessment of speaking skills is an important part of the language learning process, whether carried out by teachers in the classroom or through proficiency tests administered by testing agencies. However, the complex and subjective nature of speaking assessment raises a number of important questions about the validity, reliability and fairness of test procedures. This book, which is based on research into the speaking test of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), shows how the performance of learners in oral proficiency interviews cannot be taken unequivocally as an indication of their ability, as variation in interviewer behaviour can have an impact both on learner performance and on ratings outcomes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

The Author : Annie Brown is Head of Educational Assessment in the Ministry of Higher Education in the United Arab Emirates. Prior to this she was Deputy Director of the Language Testing Research Centre at the University of Melbourne. She has taught and published widely in the field of language testing and evaluation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Peter Lang AG
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3631542240
• ISBN 13: 9783631542248
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 299
• Coordonnées du fabricant: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Allemagne