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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 employs inductive methods in order to discover and describe the recurrent, systematic properties of conversation, including sequential organization, turn-taking, repair, preference structure, and topic management. CA offers a systematic approach for analysing spoken interaction from a qualitative perspective, allowing one to make observations about a stretch of talk while at the same time interacting with it. This book provides language testers with a background in the conversation analytic framework and a fuller understanding of what is entailed in using conversation analysis in the context of oral language test validation.

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Book category Books in English English language teaching (ELT) ELT background & reference material ELT: teaching theory & methods

• Full title: Qualitative Approach to the Validation of Oral Language Tests
• Author: University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• EAN: 9780521002677
• ISBN: 0521002672
• ID: 01165665
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 356 g
• Dimensions: 155 × 230 × 18 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. July 2002

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