Assessing second language speaking proficiency

NH de Jong - Annual Review of Linguistics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
In today's global economy, most people all over the world need to speak a second language
(L2) for study, work, or social purposes. Assessment of speaking, either in the classroom or …

The relationships between students' comprehension of conversational implicatures and their achievement in reading comprehension

S Çiftlikli, Ö Demirel - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The most important thing in effective communication is understanding not only what is said,
but also why it is said. Therefore, the development of pragmatic competence in another …

Can Interactions Happen across the Screens?: The Use of Videoconferencing Technology in Assessing Second Language Pragmatic Competence

S Zhang, T Isaacs - Technology-Assisted Language Assessment …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Videoconferencing is increasingly being explored as an alternative to face-to-face speaking
interactions for both low-and high-stakes second language (L2) assessment contexts. The …

Teaching and Testing Second Language Pragmatics and Interaction: A Practical Guide: By Carsten Roever. New York and London: Routledge, 2022, 199 pp.,£ 31.49 …

D Lin, S Liu - 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Pragmatics is a component of second language (L2) teaching, learning and assessment that
has received an upsurge of interest in the field in recent decades. L2 pragmatics is defined …