TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carsten Röver
PY  - 2014
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653047806
TI  - Testing ESL Pragmatics
T2  - Development and Validation of a Web-Based Assessment Battery
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-04780-6
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1053580
N2  - 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.
KW  - Englisch, Pragmatik, Sprachtest, Fremdsprache, Zweitsprachenerwerb, Linguistik, Sprachtext, Fremdsprachenlernen
LA  - English
ER  -