Effects of Targeted Test Preparation on Scores of Two Tests of Oral English as a Second Language

Autor/in	Farnsworth, Tim
Titel	Effects of Targeted Test Preparation on Scores of Two Tests of Oral English as a Second Language
Quelle	In: TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 47 (2013) 1, S.148-155 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-8322
DOI	10.1002/tesq.75
Schlagwörter	Performance Tests; Language Tests; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Oral Language; Test Coaching; Test Preparation; Second Language Learning; Computer Assisted Testing; Second Language Instruction; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsermittlung; Leistungsmessung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Language test; Sprachtest; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Testverfahren; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht
Abstract	This study investigated the effect of targeted test preparation, or coaching, on oral English as a second language test scores. The tests in question were the Basic English Skills Test Plus (BEST Plus), a scripted oral interview published by the Center for Applied Linguistics, and the Versant English Test (VET), a computer-administered and entirely computer-scored oral performance test published by Knowledge Technologies Pearson, Inc. These tests measure oral language proficiency in very different ways, and thus the effects of test coaching were hypothesized to have differential effects on scores. Participants, all students in a noncredit adult English as a second language (ESL) program in New York City, were pretested using both measures and randomly assigned to one of two educational treatments. Treatments consisted of 12 hr of intensive strategy and test format coaching in one or the other of the two test formats over 6 weeks. (Contains 2 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10