A Conversation Analysis-Informed Test of L2 Aural Pragmatic Comprehension

Autor/in	Walters, F. Scott
Titel	A Conversation Analysis-Informed Test of L2 Aural Pragmatic Comprehension
Quelle	In: TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 43 (2009) 1, S.29-54 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-8322
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Listening Comprehension; Speech Acts; Scores; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Discourse Analysis; Pragmatics; Second Language Learning; Language Tests; Testing; Language Usage; Multiple Choice Tests; Statistical Analysis; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hörverständnis; Sprechakt; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Diskursanalyse; Pragmalinguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language test; Sprachtest; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sprachgebrauch; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Statistische Analyse; Korrelation
Abstract	Speech act theory-based, second language pragmatics testing (SLPT) raises test-validation issues owing to a lack of correspondence with empirical conversational data. On the assumption that conversation analysis (CA) provides a more accurate account of language use, it is suggested that CA serve as a more empirically valid basis for SLPT development. The current study explores this notion by administering a pilot CA-informed test (CAIT) of listening comprehension to learners of English as second language (ESL) and to a control group of native speakers of English. The listening CAIT protocol involved participants' addressing multiple-choice items after listening to audiotaped conversational sequences derived from the CA literature. Statistical analyses of pilot-test responses, correlations of test score with participant demographic variables, and CA-informed, qualitative analyses of nonnative and native speaker responses with reference to operationalized pragmatic norms provided tentative evidence that the CAIT aural-comprehension measure possesses some utility in SLPT. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10