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The Equivalence of Direct and Semi-Direct Speaking Tests documents a comparability study of direct (face-to-face) and semi-direct (language laboratory) versions of the speaking component of the access test: an English language test designed in the 1990s as part of the selection process for immigration to Australia. In the study the issue of test equivalence is explored using a range of quantitative and qualitative evidence including test scores, test taker language output and feedback from various 'players' in the test process including members of the development team, test candidates, interviewers and raters. The findings have important implications for the use of direct and semi-direct speaking tests in various high-stakes contexts such as immigration and university entrance. As such this will be of interest to policy-makers and administrators as well as language teachers and language testing researchers.
Synopsis
This series focuses on important developments in language testing. The series has been produced by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, in conjunction with Cambridge University Press. Titles in this series are for test users, language test developers, and researchers.
Synopsis
This book documents a comparability study of the speaking component of the access: test, an English language test designed as part of the selection process for immigration to Australia. The findings have important implications in various high-stakes contexts such as immigration and university entrance.
Table of Contents
1.Introduction; 2. The access: test; 3 Methodology;4. Trial 1: The analysis of test scores; 5. Trial 1: The analysis of candidate language output; 6. Trial 2: The study of test processes7. Trial 2: The analysis of test scores;8. Summary and conclusions