Validating Analytic Rating Scales: A Multi-Method Approach to Scaling Descriptors for Assessing Academic Speaking

By Armin Berger

This book presents a unique scale development project, with a focus on the validation of two rating scales for assessing academic speaking. It reports on a multi-method study designed to scale the level descriptors on the basis of expert judgments and performance data. The characteristics of the levels offer a specification of academic speaking.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631666918
• ISBN13: 9783631666913
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"