Nonverbal Delivery in Speaking Assessment: From an Argument to a Rating Scale Formulation and Validation

By Mingwei Pan

Book Overview

With an argument for embedding nonverbal delivery in speaking assessment as a point of departure, this book seeks to validate a proposed rating scale for incorporating nonverbal delivery and other conventional dimensions into speaking assessment with a mixed-methods approach. To illustrate the indispensable role of nonverbal delivery in speaking assessment, the book particularly includes snapshots of test-takers' de facto nonverbal delivery, which allow their respective levels to be investigated in a microscopic manner.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811001693
• ISBN13: 9789811001697
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.5"