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Title |
Title of document |
Introduction - Comprehensibility in Language Assessment |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Parvaneh Tavakoli; University of Reading; United Kingdom |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Sheryl Cooke; British Council; China |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Linguistics |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
language test; second language assessment; second language acquisition; L2; comprehensibility |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Language Testing |
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Description |
Abstract |
This chapter provides an overview of the scope and aims of the book and presents a summary of current approaches to the construct of comprehensibility and the related concepts of intelligibility and accentedness (Levis, 2005; Munro & Derwing, 2011; Isaacs, 2014). A brief synopsis of previous research articles is followed by consideration of the difficulties inherent in defining, teaching and measuring a concept that is characterised by complexity and further confounded by broader socio-linguistic factors such as the role of the listener and the existence of multiple variations of languages (Kachru, 1985; Lindemann, 2017; Harding & Mcnamara, 2017) . The outline of a framework for analysing comprehensibility from a micro- to macro-level is presented. Following chapters focus on describing and providing a rationale for this new approach. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Contributor |
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Date |
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13-Feb-2024 |
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Type |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/41097 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.41097 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Comprehensibility in Language Assessment |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |