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Talking and testing [[electronic resource] ] : discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency / / [edited by] Richard Young, Agnes Weiyun He
| Talking and testing [[electronic resource] ] : discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency / / [edited by] Richard Young, Agnes Weiyun He |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 360 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 418/.0076 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YoungRichard <1948->
HeAgnes Weiyun |
| Collana | Studies in bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Ability testing
Conversation - Ability testing Oral communication - Ability testing |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
90-272-4120-1
1-283-05128-1 9786613051288 90-272-8554-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459603003321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Talking and testing [[electronic resource] ] : discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency / / [edited by] Richard Young, Agnes Weiyun He
| Talking and testing [[electronic resource] ] : discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency / / [edited by] Richard Young, Agnes Weiyun He |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 360 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 418/.0076 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YoungRichard <1948->
HeAgnes Weiyun |
| Collana | Studies in bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Ability testing
Conversation - Ability testing Oral communication - Ability testing |
| ISBN |
90-272-4120-1
1-283-05128-1 9786613051288 90-272-8554-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785578203321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Talking and testing : discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency / / [edited by] Richard Young, Agnes Weiyun He
| Talking and testing : discourse approaches to the assessment of oral proficiency / / [edited by] Richard Young, Agnes Weiyun He |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 360 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 418/.0076 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
YoungRichard <1948->
HeAgnes Weiyun |
| Collana | Studies in bilingualism |
| Soggetto topico |
Language and languages - Ability testing
Conversation - Ability testing Oral communication - Ability testing |
| ISBN |
90-272-4120-1
1-283-05128-1 9786613051288 90-272-8554-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Talking and Testing -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Language Proficiency Interviews: A Discourse Approach -- 1 Introduction: Assessing Second Language Speaking Ability -- 2 Interactional Competence -- 3 Authenticity -- 3.1 LPIs as Interviews -- 3.2 LPIs as Institutional Discourse -- 3.3 LPIs as Cross-Cultural Encounters -- 4 Interdisciplinary Orientation -- 4.1 Conversation Analysis/Ethnomethodolögy -- 4.2 Ethnography of Speaking -- 4.3 Speech Acts and Gricean Pragmatics -- 5 Overview of the Book -- Notes -- References -- Part 1: Language Proficiency Interviews and Conversation -- Re-analyzing the OPI: How Much Does It Look like Natural Conversation? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Oral Proficiency Interview -- 2.1 Overview -- 2.2 Structure of the Oral Proficiency Interview -- 2.3 Elicitation Techniques -- 2.4 Principles of the OPI Rating Procedures -- 3 Literature Review -- 3.1 Critical Analysis of the OPI -- 3.2 Typical Features of Everyday Conversation -- 4 Analysis -- 4.1 Data Description -- 4.2 Turn-Taking -- 4.2.1 Distribution and Content of Turns -- 4.2.2 Order of Turns -- 4.2.3 Length of Turns -- 4.2.4 Selection of Next Speaker -- 4.3 Adjacency Pairs -- 4.4 Topic Nomination -- 4.5 A Final Note on Assessment and Face -- 5 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Evaluating Learner Interactional Skills: Conversation at the Micro Level -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The LPI as a Data Source -- 3 Learner Conversation as a Data Source -- 4 Data Collection Procedures -- 5 Conversation Data Sample and Analysis -- 6 Discussion: Assessing Language-in-Conversation -- 7 The Oral Language Portfolio -- References -- What Happens When There's No One to Talk to? Spanish Foreign Language Discourse in Simulated Oral Proficiency Interviews -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 Research Questions.
4 Methodology -- 4.1 The SOPI -- 4.2 The OPI -- 4.3 Testees -- 4.4 Data Collection and Analysis -- 5 Analysis of Results -- 5.1 General Comparison of the Two Contexts -- 5.2 Results by Task -- 5.3 Specific Categories of Discourse Features -- 5.3.1 Errors -- 5.3.2 Propositions and Supporting Statements -- 5.3.3 Range of Speech Acts -- 6 Conclusions -- Appendix: OPI and SOPI Test Stimuli -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Part 2: Turns and Sequences in Language Proficiency Interviews -- Answering Questions in LPIs: A Case Study -- 1 LPI Interaction: Focusing on Questions and Answers -- 2 An Interactional Approach to Answers -- 3 Data and Methods -- 4 Problems in Answers -- 4.1 "Yeah " Exhibiting Not-understanding -- 4.2 Problematic Next Turn After the Question -- 4.2.1 Elicited Elaboration -- 4.2.2 Problematic Responses -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Framing the Language Proficiency Interview as a Speech Event: Native and Non-Native Speakers' Questions -- 1 Interviews and Conversation -- 2 Methods: Turns and Questions -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Distribution and Length of Turns -- 3.2 Question Frequency -- 3.3 Interviewees' Question Types -- 3.3.1 Information-seeking Questions in Context -- 3.3.2 Clarification Questions in Context -- 3.3.3 Information-checking Questions -- 3.4 Interviewer's Question Types -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Miscommunication in Language Proficiency Interviews of First-Year German Students: A Comparison with Natural Conversation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analysis -- 2.1 Sequential Structure of the LPIs -- 2.2 Instructions for Repair -- 2.3 Types of Other-Initiated Repair Used by Learners -- 2.3.1 Understanding-Checks and Partial Repeats -- 2.3.2 Interrogates and Partial Repeats with Question Words -- 2.3.3 Non-Specified Trouble. 2.4 Interviewer 's Response to Student-Initiated Repair -- 3 Summary and Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Part 3: Knowledge and Communication in Language Proficiency Interviews -- Knowledge Structures in Oral Proficiency Interviews for International Teaching Assistants -- 1 Knowledge Structures -- 2 Systemic Functional Linguistics -- 3 The OPI -- 4 Knowledge Structure Analysis -- 4.1 Sequence as a Knowledge Structure -- 4.1.1 Schedule -- 4.1.2 Procedures -- 4.1.3 TA Talk -- 4.1.4 Interviewer's Interaction with TA -- 4.1.5 TA Talk -- 4.1.6 Interviewer's Interaction with TA -- 4.2 Principles as a Knowledge Structure -- 4.2.1 Rules -- 4.2.2 Cause-Effect Relations -- 4.2.3 TA Talk -- 4.2.4 Interviewer 's Interaction with TA -- 4.2.5 TA Talk -- 4.2.6 Interviewer's Interaction with TA -- 5 Conclusions -- 5.1 The OPI as Elicitation -- 5.2 The OPI as Interview -- Acknowledgment -- References -- The Use of Communication Strategies in Language Proficiency Interviews -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definition of Communication Strategies -- 3 A Taxonomy of Communication Strategies -- 3.1 Reduction Strategies -- 3.1.1 Topic Avoidance -- 3.1.2 Message Abandonment -- 3.1.3 Semantic Avoidance -- 3.2. Achievement Strategies -- 3.2.1 Approximation -- 3.2.2 Paraphrase -- 3.2.3 Restructuring -- 3.2.4 Interlingual Strategies -- 3.2.5 Cooperative Strategies -- 3.2.6 Non-linguistic Strategies and Multiple Strategy Use -- 3.3 Other Strategies -- 3.3.1 Repair Strategies -- 3.3.2 Telegraphic Strategies -- 3.3.3 Fillers -- 3.3.4 Change of Role -- 4 Communication Strategies and Proficiency -- 5 The Study -- 5.1 Methodology -- 5.1.1 Oral Proficiency Interview Test -- 5.1.2 Samples -- 5.2 Procedures -- 5.2.1 Identification Procedure -- 5.2.2 Classification Procedure -- 5.2.3 Classification of Communication Strategies -- 6 Results and Discussion. 6.1 Proficiency-Related Differences in the Use of Communication Strategies -- 6.1.1 Overall Frequency of Strategy Use -- 6.1.2 Percentages of Different Strategies -- 6.2 Methodological Implications -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Appendix 1. Transcription Conventions (adapted from van Lier 1988 and Maynard 1989) -- Appendix 2. List of Communication Strategies -- References -- Meaning Negotiation in the Hungarian Oral Proficiency Examination of English -- 1 Review of Previous Research -- 1.1 Communication Strategies -- 1.2 Foreigner Talk -- 2 Background to the Study -- 3 Method -- 3.1 Subjects -- 3.2 Materials -- 3.3 Procedure -- 3.4 Analyses -- 4 Results and Discussion -- 4.1 Help-Requesting Strategies -- 4.2 Meaning-Evoking/Approximating Strategies -- 4.3 Survival Strategies -- 4.4 Non-negotiated Strategies -- 4.5 Descriptive Framework for the Analysis of Negotiated Communication -- 4.6 Discourse Moves and Acts -- 4.6.1 Initiation -- 4.6.2 First Response -- 4.6.3 First Follow-up -- 4.6.4 Second Response -- 4.6.5 Second Follow-up -- 4.7 Negotiation Sequences -- 4.7.1 The Helping Sequence -- 4.7.2 The Eliciting Sequence -- 4.7.3 The Clarifying Sequence -- 4.7.4 Frequency of Negotiation Sequences -- 4.7.5 Combination and Frequency of Sequence Types -- 4.8 Instances of Miscommunication -- 5 Summary and Conclusions -- Transcription Notation -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part 4: Language Proficiency Interviewsas Cross-Cultural Encounters -- Maintaining American Face in the Korean Oral Exam: Reflections on the Power of Cross-Cultural Context -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data -- 3 Method -- 4 Analytic Perspective -- 5 The Oral Exam as Speech Event -- 5.1 Scene/Setting -- 5.2 Participants -- 5.3 Ends -- 5.4 Act Sequence -- 5.5 Key -- 5.6 Instrumentalities -- 5.6.1 Summary of Use of English by Participants -- 5.7 Norms -- 5.8 Genre. 6 The Oral Exam as an Emergent, Cross-Cultural Process -- 6.1 Frames, Laminations, and Footings -- 6.2 Code Switching as a Contextualization Cue -- 7 The Creation of Laminations in the Emergent Process -- 8 Attempts to Renegotiate Context -- 9 Face -- 9.1 The Dimensions of Face of an American Examinee -- 10 Footings, Aspects of Face, and the Co-construction of Situated Sociocultural Identities -- 11 Developing and Assessing Interactional Competence -- 12 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Confirmation Sequences as Interactional Resources in Korean Language Proficiency Interviews -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology and Data -- 3 Background -- 4 IR's Confirmation Request as Third-Turn Assessment -- 4.1 Question-Answer Sequences in the LPIs -- 4.2 NNS's Confirmation as a Collaborative Response -- 4.3 Confirmation Sequences as Constitutive Features of Asymmetry -- 4.4 Orientation to Asymmetry as Sociolinguistic Competence -- 5 NNS's Confirmation Request: Repair as Politeness Strategy -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Divergent Frame Interpretations in Language Proficiency Interview Interaction -- 1 Interviews -- 2 Minimalism in Interviews with Japanese -- 3 Self-Disclosure -- 4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Let Them Eat Cake!" or How to Avoid Losing Your Head in Cross-Cultural Conversations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Rich Points in Cross-Cultural Interviews -- 2.1 Topic Elaboration as a Rich Point in English Conversational Style -- 3 Culture and Conversational Style: Comparing Mexicans and Japanese -- 3.1 Organization of the Interview and Timing -- 3.2 Topical Structure Analysis -- 4 Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Topics. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812081903321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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