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Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests [Hardback]

(University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate)
  • Formāts: Hardback, 292 pages, height x width x depth: 236x159x24 mm, weight: 611 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Sērija : Studies in Language Testing
  • Izdošanas datums: 27-Sep-2001
  • Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 052166098X
  • ISBN-13: 9780521660983
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Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking TestsPalielināt
  • Formāts: Hardback, 292 pages, height x width x depth: 236x159x24 mm, weight: 611 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Sērija : Studies in Language Testing
  • Izdošanas datums: 27-Sep-2001
  • Izdevniecība: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 052166098X
  • ISBN-13: 9780521660983
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Keywords:
This book documents a comparability study of direct (face-to-face) and semi-direct (language laboratory) versions of the speaking component of the access: test, an English language test designed in the 1990s as part of the selection process for immigration to Australia. In the study the issue of test equivalence is explored using a range of quantitative and qualitative evidence including test scores, test taker language output and feedback from various 'players' in the test process including members of the development team, test candidates, interviewers and raters. The findings have important implications for the use of direct and semi-direct speaking tests in various high-stakes contexts such as immigration and university entrance. As such the book will be of interest to policy-makers and administrators as well as language teachers and language testing researchers.

This book documents the speaking component of a test designed for immigrants to Australia.

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This book documents the speaking component of a test designed for immigrants to Australia.
Series Editor's note vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction
1(32)
Rationale
1(1)
Methodological approach
2(1)
Structure of the book
3(1)
Direct, semi-direct and indirect speaking tests
4(2)
Establishing the equivalence of direct and semi-direct tests
6(6)
Research findings
12(19)
Conclusion
31(2)
The access: test
33(14)
Background to the test
33(1)
Development of the test
34(1)
The oral interaction sub-test
35(10)
Conclusion
45(2)
Methodology
47(15)
The instrumental case study approach
47(8)
Research design of the study
55(6)
Summary
61(1)
The analysis of test scores
62(18)
Overview
62(1)
The December 1992 trial
62(3)
A preliminary study
65(4)
The current study
69(10)
Conclusion
79(1)
The analysis of candidate language output
80(37)
Overview
80(1)
Rationale
80(1)
Methodology
81(3)
Discourse Study A: The qualitative analysis
84(16)
Discourse Study B: Lexical density
100(15)
Conclusion
115(2)
The study of test processes
117(28)
Introduction
117(1)
The June 1994 trial
117(4)
Method
121(4)
Findings
125(18)
Conclusion
143(2)
The analysis of test scores
145(18)
Introduction
145(1)
Analysis with anchored item difficulty estimates
145(5)
Analysis with unanchored item difficulty estimates
150(7)
Bias analysis
157(4)
Conclusion
161(2)
Summary and conclusions
163(10)
Overview
163(1)
Summary of findings
163(6)
Implications of findings
169(4)
References 173(7)
Appendices 180(96)
Subject index 276(2)
Author index 278