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dc.contributor.authorNakatsuhara, Fumiyo
dc.contributor.authorMay, Lyn
dc.contributor.authorInoue, Chihiro
dc.contributor.authorWillcox-Ficzere, Edit
dc.contributor.authorWestbrook, Carolyn
dc.contributor.authorSpiby, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-23T13:16:43Z
dc.date.available2021-11-23T13:16:43Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-11
dc.identifier.citationNakatsuhara 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/625246
dc.description.abstractTo 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project was funded and supported by the British Council, London.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBritish Councilen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAptis Validation Report, VS/2021/001en_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/nakatsuhara_et_al_2021_-_assessing_interactional_and_pragmatic_competence_in_semi-direct_speaking_tests_v2.pdfen_US
dc.subjectEnglish language testingen_US
dc.subjectspeakingen_US
dc.subjectinteractionen_US
dc.subjectlearning technologyen_US
dc.subjectSubject Categories::X162 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)en_US
dc.titleExploring the potential for assessing interactional and pragmatic competence in semi-direct speaking testsen_US
dc.typeTechnical Reporten_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Bedfordshireen_US
dc.contributor.departmentQueensland University of Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentOxford Brookes Universityen_US
dc.contributor.departmentBritish Councilen_US
dc.date.updated2021-11-23T13:05:54Z
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