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Direct linkOckey, Gary J.; French, Robert – Applied Linguistics, 2016
Concerns about the need for assessing multidialectal listening skills for global contexts are becoming increasingly prevalent. However, the inclusion of multiple accents on listening assessments may threaten test fairness because it is not practical to include every accent that may be encountered in the language use domain on these tests. Given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Dialects, Pronunciation, Second Language Learning
Ockey, Gary J.; Koyama, Dennis; Setoguchi, Eric – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2013
Test takers should have a voice in testing practices (Mathew, 2004). However, when incorporating their input, systematic processes to ensure the validity of testing practices must be followed. Such processes allow for test development to be a more democratic process (Shohamy, 2001), without sacrificing the value of the resulting inferences made…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Stakeholders, Case Studies, Language Tests
