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    Exploring the potential for assessing interactional and pragmatic competence in semi-direct speaking tests

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    Authors
    Nakatsuhara, Fumiyo
    May, Lyn
    Inoue, Chihiro
    Willcox-Ficzere, Edit
    Westbrook, Carolyn
    Spiby, Richard
    Affiliation
    University of Bedfordshire
    Queensland University of Technology
    Oxford Brookes University
    British Council
    Issue Date
    2021-11-11
    Subjects
    English language testing
    speaking
    interaction
    learning technology
    Subject Categories::X162 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
    
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    Abstract
    To explore the potential of a semi-direct speaking test to assess a wider range of communicative language ability, the researchers developed four semi-direct speaking tasks – two designed to elicit features of interactional competence (IC) and two designed to elicit features of pragmatic competence (PC). The four tasks, as well as one benchmarking task, were piloted with 48 test-takers in China and Austria whose proficiency ranged from CEFR B1 to C. A post-test feedback survey was administered to all test-takers, after which selected test-takers were interviewed. A total of 184 task performances were analysed to identify interactional moves utilised by test-takers across three proficiency groups (i.e., B1, B2 and C). Data indicated that test-takers at higher levels employed a wider variety of interactional moves. They made use of concurring concessions and counter views when seeking to persuade a (hypothetical) conversational partner to change opinions in the IC tasks, and they projected upcoming requests and made face-related statements in the PC tasks, seemingly to pre-empt a conversational partner’s negative response to the request. The test-takers perceived the tasks to be highly authentic and found the video input useful in understanding the target audience of simulated interactions.
    Citation
    Nakatsuhara F, May L, Inoue C, Willcox-Ficzere E, Westbrook C, Spiby R (2021) 'Exploring the potential for assessing interactional and pragmatic competence in semi-direct speaking tests'. London: British Council.
    Publisher
    British Council
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10547/625246
    Additional Links
    https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/nakatsuhara_et_al_2021_-_assessing_interactional_and_pragmatic_competence_in_semi-direct_speaking_tests_v2.pdf
    Type
    Technical Report
    Language
    en
    Series/Report no.
    Aptis Validation Report, VS/2021/001
    Sponsors
    This project was funded and supported by the British Council, London.
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    English language learning and assessment

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