Assessing L2 Academic Speaking Ability: The Need for a Scenario-based Assessment Approach
In second language (L2) testing literature, from the skills-and-elements approach to the more recent models of communicative language ability, the conceptualization of L2 proficiency has evolved and broadened over the past few decades (Purpura, 2016). Consequently, the notion of L2 speaking ability...
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| description | In second language (L2) testing literature, from the skills-and-elements approach to the more recent models of communicative language ability, the conceptualization of L2 proficiency has evolved and broadened over the past few decades (Purpura, 2016). Consequently, the notion of L2 speaking ability has also gone through change, which has influenced L2 testers to constantly reevaluate what needs to be assessed and how L2 speaking assessment can adopt different designs and techniques accordingly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-49ba2db8a8f8454a8c6fb625d06b63622022-12-21T21:17:37ZengColumbia University LibrariesStudies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL2689-193X2017-12-0117210.7916/salt.v17i2.1225Assessing L2 Academic Speaking Ability: The Need for a Scenario-based Assessment ApproachYuna SeongIn second language (L2) testing literature, from the skills-and-elements approach to the more recent models of communicative language ability, the conceptualization of L2 proficiency has evolved and broadened over the past few decades (Purpura, 2016). Consequently, the notion of L2 speaking ability has also gone through change, which has influenced L2 testers to constantly reevaluate what needs to be assessed and how L2 speaking assessment can adopt different designs and techniques accordingly.https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SALT/article/view/1225 |
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