Output Register Parallelism in an Identical Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Test: A Case Study

Autor/in	Quaid, Ethan Douglas
Titel	Output Register Parallelism in an Identical Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Test: A Case Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 8 (2018) 2, S.75-91, Artikel 5 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2155-7098
DOI	10.4018/IJCALLT.2018040105
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Speech Communication; Language Tests; Comparative Analysis; Computer Assisted Testing; Oral Language; Language Proficiency; Interviews; Syntax; Chinese; Native Language; English (Second Language); Test Format; Intonation; Suprasegmentals; Scores; Test Validity; Placement; Adult Students; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Inplant Programs; Foreign Countries; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Language test; Sprachtest; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; China; Chinesen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Testentwicklung; Testvalidität; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Betriebliche Weiterbildung; Ausland
Abstract	The present trend in developing and using semi-direct speaking tests has been supported by test developers and researchers' claim of their increased practicality, higher reliability and concurrent validity with test scores in direct oral proficiency interviews. However, it is universally agreed within the language testing and assessment community that interchangeability must be investigated from multiple perspectives. This study compared test taker output from a computer-based Aptis General speaking test and a purposively developed identical face-to-face direct oral proficiency interview using a counterbalanced research design. Within subject analyses of salient output features identified in prior related research were completed. Results showed that test taker output in the computer-based test was less contextualised, with minimally higher lexical density and syntactic complexity. Given these findings, the indicated slight register shift in output may be viewed as non-consequential, or even as advantageous, for semi-direct speaking tests. (As Provided).
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