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Record Nr.

UNISA996660272003316

Autore

Tavakoli Parvaneh

Titolo

Comprehensibility in Language Assessment : A Broader Perspective

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

1-80050-434-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 pages)

Collana

British Council Monographs on Modern Language Testing Series

Altri autori (Persone)

CookeSheryl

Disciplina

418.0076

Soggetti

Language and languages - Ability testing

Second language acquisition

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Comprehensibility at the phonological level -- Comprehensibility at discourse / text level -- Comprehensibility at a pragmatic level -- Comprehensibility and fluency -- Technology and comprehensibility -- Teaching toward a comprehensilbility goal -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

"In this book, the authors argue that conceptualising comprehensibility as a multidimensional construct and adopting a broader perspective to understanding and analysing it for communication purposes would benefit the fields of second language assessment and second language acquisition"--