Validating Language Proficiency Assessments in Second Language Acquisition Research: Applying an Argument-Based Approach

By Anastasia Drackert

Motivated by the need for practical suggestions for raising proficiency assessment standards in Second Language Acquisition research, this book introduces an argument-based approach to validity as a way to improve test validation. It exemplifies the approach by validating two distinct score interpretations for a new Russian Elicited Imitation Test.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631667213
• ISBN13: 9783631667217
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.3"