The equivalence of direct and semi-direct speaking tests

Author(s)

• O'Loughlin, Kieran J

Bibliographic Information

The equivalence of direct and semi-direct speaking tests

Kieran J. O'Loughlin

（Studies in language testing, 13）

Cambridge University Press, 2001

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 173-179

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests 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 this will be of interest to policy-makers and administrators as well as language teachers and language testing researchers.

Table of Contents

• 1.Introduction
• 2. The access: test
• 3 Methodology
• 4. Trial 1: The analysis of test scores
• 5. Trial 1: The analysis of candidate language output
• 6. Trial 2: The study of test processes7. Trial 2: The analysis of test scores
• 8. Summary and conclusions

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Details

• NCID: BA53377882
• ISBN:
  • 9780521660983
  • 9780521667937
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, UK ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 280 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC21 : 428.0071
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Ability testing
  • LCSH : Test of English as a Foreign Language
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA25350855