Review of selected research in applied linguistics published in Australia (2015–2022)

R Oliver, H Chen, S Dovchin - Language Teaching, 2024 - cambridge.org
This article provides a review of research in applied linguistics published in Australia in the
period 2015–2022. Primarily, it is based on articles from Australian publications as material …

On the promise of using membership categorization analysis to investigate interactional competence

DW Dai, M Davey - Applied Linguistics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Interactional Competence (IC) involves speakers' ability to make social actions recognizable
to one another while taking into account individual identities and social role relationships …

[PDF][PDF] How do raters understand rubrics for assessing L2 interactional engagement? A comparative study of CA-and non-CA-formulated performance descriptors

E Sandlund, T Greer - Papers in Language Testing and …, 2020 - arts.unimelb.edu.au
This study explores this issue by comparing two paired EFL discussion tests that use
exemplar-based rubrics, one written by a CA specialist and the other by EFL test …

Evaluating the impact of nonverbal behavior on language ability ratings

JD Burton - Language Testing, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Nonverbal behavior can impact language proficiency scores in speaking tests, but there is
little empirical information of the size or consistency of its effects or whether language …

The Role of Gazing Behaviors in Navigating Paired Role-Play Interactional Competence Assessment Tasks

G Uyar, U Balaman - Language Assessment Quarterly, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper deals with an end-of-semester interactional competence (IC) assessment of L2
oral communication skills for higher education students. Despite the growing research …

Assessing interactional competence in secondary schools: Action accomplishment in English as a foreign language

D Barth-Weingarten, B Freitag-Hild - Applied Pragmatics, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
Interactional competence (IC) is a crucial component of teaching and assessing speaking in
second/foreign languages in general. However, SLA research based on Conversation …

Assessment of Interactional Competence in L2 German: Integrating an innovative rubric to help language teachers effectively evaluate pragmatics

B Uskokovic, S Schirm - System, 2024 - Elsevier
Research on the development of second language (L2) interactional competence (IC) has
shown that IC is vital for L2 speakers' participation in the social world of the L2 and thus an …

Visualizing emergent turn construction: Seeing writing while speaking

T Greer, Z Nanbu - The Modern Language Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study draws on multimodal conversation analysis to emically account for moments in
second language (L2) English interaction in which speakers appear to be visualizing text as …

Assessing interactional competence: Exploring ratability challenges

DMK Lam, E Galaczi, F Nakatsuhara, L May - Applied Pragmatics, 2023 - jbe-platform.com
This paper is positioned at the interface of second/foreign language (L2) assessment and
Conversation Analysis-Second Language Acquisition (CA-SLA). It explores challenges of …

[HTML][HTML] On the development of interactional competence in L2 French: Changes over time in responsive turn beginnings in peer interactions

C Konzett-Firth - Linguistics and Education, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper contributes to the field of the development of L2 Interactional Competence (L2 IC)
as researched from a Conversation Analysis perspective. The study investigates L2 …