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Testing of second language pragmatics has grown as a research area but still suffers from a tension between construct coverage and practicality. In this book, the authors describe the development and validation of a web-based test of second language pragmatics for learners of English. The test has a sociopragmatic orientation and strives for a broad coverage of the construct by assessing learners’ metapragmatic judgments as well as their ability to co-construct discourse. To ensure practicality, the test is delivered online and is scored partially automatically and partially by human raters. We used the argument-based approach to validation, which showed that the test can support low-stakes decisions about learners’ knowledge of sociopragmatics in English.

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Contents: Pragmatics – Interlanguage pragmatics – Sociopragmatics – Testing – Assessment – Validation – Web-based test – Argument-based validation – English as a second language.

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9783631653791, 978-3631653791
      ISBN10: 3631653794

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      Book Synopsis
      Testing of second language pragmatics has grown as a research area but still suffers from a tension between construct coverage and practicality. In this book, the authors describe the development and validation of a web-based test of second language pragmatics for learners of English. The test has a sociopragmatic orientation and strives for a broad coverage of the construct by assessing learners’ metapragmatic judgments as well as their ability to co-construct discourse. To ensure practicality, the test is delivered online and is scored partially automatically and partially by human raters. We used the argument-based approach to validation, which showed that the test can support low-stakes decisions about learners’ knowledge of sociopragmatics in English.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Pragmatics – Interlanguage pragmatics – Sociopragmatics – Testing – Assessment – Validation – Web-based test – Argument-based validation – English as a second language.

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