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Interviewing for Language Proficiency

Interaction and Interpretation

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Authors:
  1. Steven J. Ross

    1. School of Languages Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

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  • Analyses the oral proficiency interview from a mixed-method approach
  • Offers a unique analysis of oral proficiency interview focusing on discourse analysis
  • Uses quantitative analysis methods to provide a comprehensive picture of the linguistics of the interview

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
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  2. Language Proficiency Interviews and the Assessment of Speaking

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 1-11

  3. Preliminary Talk and LPI Tasks

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 13-42

  4. The ILR Rating Scale and Rating Criteria

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 43-75

  5. Role Plays as Pragmatic Assessments

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 77-99

  6. Task Selection Strategies

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 101-125

  7. Task Frames and Task Repairs

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 127-146

  8. Interviewer Accommodation in Tasks and Transitional Talk

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 147-173

  9. Co-construction and Its Limits

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 175-195

  10. Task Sequencing and Sampling on a Japanese LPI

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 197-224

  11. Rater Decision Consistency and Formative Feedback

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 225-241

  12. Measuring Growth in Speaking Proficiency

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 243-263

  13. Language Proficiency Interviews and Emerging Alternatives

    • Steven J. Ross
    Pages 265-278

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 279-296
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About this book

This book analyses oral proficiency interviews, a mainstay of second language speaking proficiency assessment for several decades. Adopting a mixed-method perspective involving micro-analytic approaches, discourse analysis and quantitative methods such as multi-level modeling and event history analysis, the author focuses on interaction and discourse processes common in language assessment interviews. This innovative book will appeal to students and scholars of language assessment, conversation and discourse analysts, as well as practitioners and providers of oral proficiency assessment.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Languages Literatures, and Cultures, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Steven J. Ross

About the author

Steven J. Ross is Professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Maryland, USA.  He has served on the editorial boards of several journals, and was an Associate Editor of Language Learning 2011-2016.  He has been Director of Training for the Language Proficiency Interview at the Institute for International Business Communication in Tokyo, and has taught research methods and language assessment in Japan, Mexico, Australia, and the USA.  

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Interviewing for Language Proficiency

  • Book Subtitle: Interaction and Interpretation

  • Authors: Steven J. Ross

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60528-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-60527-2Published: 05 September 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86879-0Published: 18 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-60528-9Published: 22 August 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 296

  • Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Applied Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, Language Education, Language Teaching, Multilingualism, English

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