A Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests

by Anne Lazaraton, Michael Milanovic, University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate

Language testers have generally come to recognize the limitations of traditional statistical methods for validating oral language tests. They have begun to consider more innovative approaches to test validation, approaches that promise to illuminate the assessment process itself, rather than just assessment outcomes (i.e., ratings). One such approach is conversation analysis (or CA), a rigorous empirical methodology developed by sociologists, which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521002672
• ISBN13: 9780521002677
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.0"