%0 Book
%A Carsten Röver
%D 2014
%C Berlin, Germany
%I Peter Lang Verlag
%@ 9783653047806
%T Testing ESL Pragmatics
%B Development and Validation of a Web-Based Assessment Battery
%R 10.3726/978-3-653-04780-6
%U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053580
%X Although second language learners’ pragmatic competence (their ability to use language in context) is an essential part of their general communicative competence, it has not been a part of second language tests. This book helps fill this gap by describing the development and validation of a web-based test of ESL pragmalinguistics. The instrument assesses learners’ knowledge of routine formulae, speech acts, and implicature in 36 multiple-choice and brief-response items. The test’s quantitative and qualitative validation with 300 learners showed high reliability and provided strong evidence of the instrument’s construct validity. Its web-based format makes it easy to administer and score. The book ends with a discussion of future research directions in assessing second language pragmatics.
%K Englisch, Pragmatik, Sprachtest, Fremdsprache, Zweitsprachenerwerb, Linguistik, Sprachtext, Fremdsprachenlernen
%G English