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Ethics and Context in Second Language Testing: Rethinking Validity in Theory and Practice

Editat de M. Rafael Salaberry, Albert Weideman, Wei-Li Hsu
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 noi 2023
This innovative, timely text introduces the theory and research of critical approaches to language assessment, foregrounding ethical and socially contextualized concerns in language testing and language test validation in today’s globalized world.
The editors bring together diverse perspectives, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and empirical work on this subject that speak to concerns about social justice and equity in language education, from languages and contexts around the world – offering an overview of key concepts and theoretical issues and field-advancing suggestions for research projects.
This book offers a fresh perspective on language testing that will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and researchers of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language policy, education, and related fields – as well as language program administrators.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781032471754
ISBN-10: 1032471751
Pagini: 248
Ilustrații: 9 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 2 Halftones, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

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Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Cuprins

List of contributors
 
PART I THE ETHICAL CONTEXTUALIZATION OF VALIDITY
Chapter 1: Contexts, constructs, and ethics
M. Rafael Salaberry and Albert Weideman
Chapter 2: Validity and validation: an alternative perspective
Albert Weideman and Bart Deygers

PART II AGENCY AND EMPOWERMENT PROMPTED BY TEST ADEQUACY
Chapter 3: The racializing power of language assessments
Casey Richardson
Chapter 4: "It’s not their English": narratives contesting the validity of a high-stakes test
Gordon Blaine West and Bala Thiruchelvam
Chapter 5: The ethical potential of L2 portfolio assessment: a critical perspective review
Mitsuko Suzuki

PART III SOCIOINTERACTIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON ASSESSMENT
Chapter 6: Portfolio assessment: facilitating language learning in the wild
Elisa Räsänen and Piibi-Kai Kivik
Chapter 7: The role of an inscribed object in a German classroom-based paired speaking assessment: does the topic card elicit the targeted speaking and interactional competencies?
Katharina Kley
Chapter 8: L1–L2 speaker interaction: affordances for assessing repair practices
Katharina Kley, Silvia Kunitz and Meng Yeh
Chapter 9: Yardsticks for the future of language assessment: disclosing the meaning of measurement
Albert Weideman
 
Index

Notă biografică

M. Rafael Salaberry is Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities in the Department of Modern and Classical Literatures and Cultures at Rice University (USA).
Albert Weideman is Professor of Applied Language Studies and Research Fellow at the University of the Free State (South Africa).
Wei-Li Hsu is a Lecturer at the Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication, at Rice University (USA).

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This innovative, timely text introduces the theory and research of critical approaches to language assessment, foregrounding ethical and socially contextualized concerns in language testing and language test validation in today’s globalized world.