Variations in Rating Scale Functioning in Assessing Speech Act Production in L2 Chinese

Autor/inn/en	Li, Shuai; Taguchi, Naoko; Xiao, Feng
Titel	Variations in Rating Scale Functioning in Assessing Speech Act Production in L2 Chinese
Quelle	In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 16 (2019) 3, S.271-293 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Li, Shuai) ORCID (Xiao, Feng)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-4303
DOI	10.1080/15434303.2019.1648473
Schlagwörter	Speech Acts; Rating Scales; Guidelines; Evaluators; Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Oral Language; Computer Assisted Testing; Task Analysis; Chinese; Holistic Approach; Grammar; Interrater Reliability; Pragmatics; Study Abroad; North Americans; College Students; Foreign Countries; China (Beijing) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprechakt; Rating-Skala; Richtlinien; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Aufgabenanalyse; China; Chinesen; Holistischer Ansatz; Grammatik; Interrater-Reliabilität; Pragmalinguistik; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Collegestudent; Ausland
Abstract	Adopting Linacre's guidelines for evaluating rating scale effectiveness, we examined whether and how a six-point rating scale functioned differently across raters, speech acts, and second language (L2) proficiency levels. We developed a 12-item Computerized Oral Discourse Completion Task (CODCT) for assessing the production of requests, refusals, and compliment responses among 109 examinees of L2 Chinese. Their oral productions were evaluated by two L1 Chinese raters based on a holistic rating scale simultaneously tapping communicative function, situational appropriateness, and grammaticality. Rating scale functioning differed across raters, speech acts, and proficiency levels. Such variations were caused by multiple factors: (1) the two raters interpreted the rating scale differently, (2) the generic rating scale was unable to represent the nuances in different speech acts, (3) the two proficiency groups drew on different portions of the rating scale, and (4) the rating scale categories were redundant due to an excessive focus on the descriptive rather than the interpretive function during rating scale development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01