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Validation of a large-scale task-based test: functional progression in dialogic speaking performance ; Task-based language teaching and assessment: Contemporary reflections from across the world
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The design and validation of an online speaking test for young learners in Uruguay: challenges and innovations
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This research presents the development of an online speaking test of English for students at the end of primary and beginning of secondary school education in state schools in Uruguay. Following the success of the Plan Ceibal one computer-tablet per child initiative, there was a drive to further utilize technology to improve the language ability of students, particularly in speaking, where the majority of students are at CEFR levels pre-A1 and A1. The national concern over a lack of spoken communicative skills amongst students led to a decision to develop a new speaking test, specifically tailored to local needs. This paper provides an overview of the speaking test development and validation project designed with the following objectives in mind: to establish, track, and report annually learners’ achievements against the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) targeting CEFR levels pre-A1 to A2, to inform teaching and learning, and to promote speaking practice in classrooms. Results of a three-phase mixed-methods study involving small-scale and large-scale trials with learners and examiners as well as a CEFRlinking exercise with expert panelists will be reported. Different sources of evidence will be brought together to build a validity argument for the test. The paper will also focus on some of the challenges involved in assessing young learners and discuss how design decisions, local knowledge and expertise, and technological innovations can be used to address such challenges with implications for other similar test development projects. ; not in Sherpa Romeo but https://www.tesolunion.org/ says "IJTS is an Open Access journal and all published papers are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. Users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles in this journal, or to use them for any other lawful purpose. Authors retain copyrights and full publishing rights without restrictions." Can add final pdf when published.
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English language assessment; second language; speaking; Subject Categories::X162 Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL); Uruguay
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10547/625316
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Video-conferencing speaking tests: do they measure the same construct as face-to-face tests?
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Task parallelness: investigating the difficulty of two spoken narrative tasks
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Comparing rating modes: analysing live, audio, and video ratings of IELTS Speaking Test performances
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Investigating the use of language functions for validating speaking test specifications
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The IELTS Speaking Test: what can we learn from examiner voices?
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Academic speaking: does the construct exist, and if so, how do we test it?
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Exploring the use of video-conferencing technology in the assessment of spoken language: a mixed-methods study
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Developing rubrics to assess the reading-into-writing skills: a case study
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Accuracy across proficiency levels: A learner corpus approach. Jennifer Thewissen. Presses Universitaires de Louvain, Lougain-la-Neuve, Belgium (2015). 342pp.
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A comparative study of the variables used to measure syntactic complexity and accuracy in task-based research
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