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REVISITING THE CONSTRUCT DEFINITIONBachman & Palmer (2010:43):
“… we can define the construct from a number of perspectives, including everything from the content of a particular part of a language course to a needs analysis of the components of language ability that may be required to perform language use tasks in the target language domain, to a theoretical model of language ability.”
SO, WE’VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO•Frameworks such as Weir's (2005) define ‘Speaking’
•but where “… tasks … are designed to collect evidence in a small sub-set of contexts … test purpose should drive the definition of the construct” (Fulcher 2003)
•So, what aspects are relevant to ‘EAP Speaking’?? What does it include??
Douglas (1997:1): “ … international students … need to be able to speak proficiently to accomplish many tasks and purposes. First, they need basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) to get around campus, buy books and materials in the bookstore, get meals in cafeterias and restaurants, ask a friend about a homework assignment … “
REFERENCES• Bachman, L. and Palmer, A. (2010) Language Assessment in Practice.
Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Colman, J. (2012) in Doiz, A., Lasagabaster, D., Sierra, J. M. (Eds.) English-Medium Instruction at Universities: Global Challenges. Multilingual Matters
• Douglas, D. (1997) Testing Speaking Ability in Academic Contexts: Theoretical Considerations TOEFL Report MS-08 ETS available at https://www.ets.org/research/policy_research_reports/publications/report/1997/icia
• Dimova, S. , Hultgren, A. and Jensen, C. (Eds.) (2015) English-Medium Instruction in European Higher Education. English in Europe, Volume 3. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Mouton.
• EALTA (2006) EALTA Guidelines for Good Practice in Language testing and Assessment available at http://www.ealta.eu.org/guidelines.htm
• Fulcher, G. (2003). Testing Second Language Speaking London: Longman/Pearson Education.
• Weir, C. J. (2005) Language Testing and Validation: An evidence-based approach Houndgrave: Palgrave-Macmillan 21