Comprehensibility in Language Assessment: A Broader Perspective

by Sheryl Cooke and Parvaneh Tavakoli

Book Overview

Comprehensibility is considered central to successful communication (Munro & Derwing, 1995a, 2007). Yet, despite the crucial role it plays in communication and the contribution it makes towards the assessment of spoken language ability, comprehensibility has occupied an ambiguous position in language testing. At times, it is feature-driven, taking a linguistically-atomistic approach with little reference to context or communicative purpose, treating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800504330
• ISBN13: 9781800504332
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"