Breaking Intangible Barriers in English-as-an-Additional-Language Job Interviews: Evidence from Interview Training and Ratings

Autor/inn/en	Travers, Nick; Huang, Li-Shih
Titel	Breaking Intangible Barriers in English-as-an-Additional-Language Job Interviews: Evidence from Interview Training and Ratings
Quelle	In: Applied Linguistics, 42 (2021) 4, S.641-667 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-6001
DOI	10.1093/applin/amaa051
Schlagwörter	Barriers; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Employment Interviews; Job Applicants; Feedback (Response); Simulation; Communicative Competence (Languages); Training Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Employment interview; Employment interviewing; Einstellungsgespräch; Bewerbungsgespräch; Bewerber; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Didaktik; Trainingsmaßnahme
Abstract	This article reports a study that involved simulated job interviews with 27 high-proficiency English-as-an-additional-language (EAL) candidates and nine professional interviewers and that evaluated three conditions: a control group and two experimental groups (one receiving only personalized, training-focused feedback on interview skills immediately after the first interview, the other receiving both the same personalized feedback and a pragmatics-focused training session, also immediately after the first interview). As derived from the 2,106 scores generated, the quantitative results showed that both experimental groups significantly outperformed the control group. The qualitative results from content analysis of the interviewers' 341 comments captured in video-stimulated recalls showed that various themes related to language ability featured most prominently in interviewer evaluations; the themes also differentiated above-average and below-average-rated candidates. The study underscores the extent to which communicative performance swayed interviewers' judgements above other variables; these judgements in turn may prove a disadvantage for EAL candidates in their job interviews and thus merit the critical awareness and reflection of EAL candidates, interviewers, and trainers alike. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/1/01