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Video-conferencing speaking tests: do they measure the same construct as face-to-face tests?
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Abstract:
This paper investigates the comparability between the video-conferencing and face-to-face modes of the IELTS Speaking Test in terms of scores and language functions generated by test-takers. Data were collected from 10 trained IELTS examiners and 99 test-takers who took two speaking tests under face-to-face and video-conferencing conditions. Many-facet Rasch Model (MFRM) analysis of test scores indicated that the delivery mode did not make any meaningful difference to test-takers’ scores. An examination of language functions revealed that both modes equally elicited the same language functions except asking for clarification. More test-takers made clarification requests in the video-conferencing mode (63.3%) than in the face-to-face mode (26.7%). Drawing on the findings, as well as practical implications, we extend emerging thinking about video-conferencing speaking assessment and the associated features of this modality in its own right. ; The IELTS Partners ; 18m embargo from pub date when known
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Keyword:
academic speaking; language assessment; speaking; Subject Categories::X162 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/625034 https://doi.org/10.1080/0969594X.2021.1951163
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