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Evaluating Test Consequences Based on ESL Students’ Perceptions: An Appraisal Analysis
Lee, Elizabeth. - 2020
Abstract: Ensuring that test-score use brings about socially positive consequences for test-takers is an important aspect of test validation. While many studies use an inductive approach to evaluate test consequences, few studies have implemented Appraisal analysis. To that end, this case study investigated the test consequences of an English reading placement test administered at a large American university. In this study, English as a second language (ESL) students (n=8) who took the placement test and an ESL reading course were interviewed; an Appraisal analysis was conducted to identify the students’ positive and/or negative perceptions toward the placement test and reading course. Using an argument-based approach to validity framework, the findings were treated as evidence to evaluate the test consequences of the placement test. The results showed that, while taking the ESL course helped students gain some valuable academic reading skills, students felt that test anxiety, fatigue, and verbally demanding questions hindered their test performances. Understanding what students experienced while taking the test can help test-developers devise solutions that will improve the test-taking situation for future test-takers. This study also illustrates how an Appraisal analysis of test-takers’ discourses can provide a systematic and fine-grained approach to evaluating positive and/or negative test consequences.
Keyword: Applied linguistics; Discourse analysis; Educational tests and measurements--Social aspects; English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers; Reading--Ability testing
URL: https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-eg59-cd37
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Lee, Elizabeth. - : Columbia University, 2020
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Language Learning in Repeated Storytellings
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Complexity Theory and Language Development: In celebration of Diane Larsen-Freeman
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Language Learning in Repeated Storytellings ...
Frantz, Kelly Katherine. - : Columbia University, 2019
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Complexity Theory and Language Development: In celebration of Diane Larsen-Freeman ...
Zhang, Rainie Minghao. - : Columbia University, 2019
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Can you learn a language playing video games? What the research says
Mcguirk, Chris Timothy. - : The Conversation Trust (UK) Ltd, 2019
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Researching L2 writers’ use of metadiscourse markers at intermediate and advanced levels
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Kinaesthetic gamification: an exploration into exergaming as a means of enhancing language learning
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What we talk about when we talk about writing: Exploring how English for Academic Purposes teachers and learning developers conceptualise academic writing
Mcculloch, Sharon; Horak, Tania. - : Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, 2019
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Exploring the Variability of the Preposition “In” in Written Communication
Ahmed, Shafinaz. - 2017
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Exploring the Variability of the Preposition “In” in Written Communication ...
Ahmed, Shafinaz. - : Columbia University, 2017
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Learners’ privilege and responsibility: A critical examination of the experiences and perspectives of learners from Chinese backgrounds in the United States
Zhang, Xiaodong. - 2016
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Navigating Collaboration: A Multimodal Analysis of Turn-Taking in Co-teaching
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An Interview with APPLE Lecture Speaker Professor Brian MacWhinney
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Co-teachers’ Coordinated Gestures as Resources for Giving Instructions in the EFL Classroom
Song, Gahye. - 2016
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The Impact of Input Flooding and Textual Enhancement on Iranian EFL Learners’ Syntactic Development
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Embodied Vocabulary Explanation in ESL Group Interaction: A Preliminary Account
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Self- and Peer-Assessment of Speaking
Joo, Soo Hyoung. - 2016
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Assessing English Language Learners: Bridges to Educational Equity: Connecting Academic Language Proficiency to Student Achievement
Erdogan, Nabat. - 2016
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