DIF in the Assessment of Second Language Pragmatics

Autor/in	Roever, Carsten
Titel	DIF in the Assessment of Second Language Pragmatics
Quelle	In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 4 (2007) 2, S.165-189 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-4303
Schlagwörter	Test Bias; Speech Acts; Second Languages; Pragmatics; Test Items; English (Second Language); Language Skills; Second Language Learning; High School Students; College Students; Cultural Differences; Indo European Languages; Sino Tibetan Languages; Germany; Japan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testkritik; Sprechakt; Second language; Zweitsprache; Pragmalinguistik; Test content; Testaufgabe; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Collegestudent; Kultureller Unterschied; Indoeuropäisch; Deutschland; USA
Abstract	This study investigates differential item functioning (DIF) in a 36-item test of English as a Second Language pragmalinguistics, assessing 254 learners' knowledge of implicature, routines, and speech acts. Two common DIF techniques, the Mantel-Haenszel method and the standardization method, detected nine items functioning differentially for test takers of Asian and European language background. More detailed analyses of these items showed that DIF was mostly statistical, but some substantive DIF was also present. (Contains 2 footnotes and 12 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10