Assessing Speaking in Context: Expanding the Construct and its Applications

This edited volume explores the nature and applications of speaking as a dynamic, socially constructed endeavor, addressing theoretical perspectives and methodological procedures to define and circumscribe contextualized speaking assessment. It presents research on language assessment in various languages, including French, Chinese, and Japanese, and examines the role of embodied action in assessment practices. Chapter 6 is available for free download as an open access publication.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 328 pages
\n Publication date: 23 July 2021
\n Publisher: Multilingual Matters
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This edited volume delves into the intricate nature and diverse applications of a revised and expanded theoretical framework for speaking as a dynamic, socially constructed endeavor. It explores both theoretical viewpoints and methodological approaches to establish and delineate the evaluation of contextualized speaking. The chapters delve into the complexities arising from actual interactive competence in speaking tasks and discuss how testing and assessment models and practices can incorporate recent research findings on the inherently dynamic and situated nature of language use. The volume showcases research on language assessment across various languages, including French, Chinese, and Japanese, and also examines the role that embodied action (such as gaze, gesture, orientation to materials and texts in the environment) plays in assessment practices, an area that has previously been under-explored.

Chapter 6 of this edited volume is available for free download as an open access publication. You can access it here: https://zenodo.org/record/5163340#.YQvJ0IhKjcs

\n Weight: 500g\n
Dimension: 156 x 235 x 22 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781788923804\n \n