Developing a pragmatics test for Chinese EFL learners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19380746 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liu Jianda (Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 391-415 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Testing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-5322 • E-ISSN: 1477-0946 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0265532207077206 |
| OpenAlex | W2023795807 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 18 |
Pragmatic proficiency has been incorporated in the EFL teaching and testing syllabi in China, but the corresponding tests still focus on linguistic competence. The gap between the teaching and testing is mainly due to the lack of generally accepted measures of communicative abilities such as pragmatic competence. This study developed a multiple-choice discourse completion test (MDCT) to assess the pragmatic knowledge of Chinese EFL learners in relation to the speech act of apology. The development involved several stages. First, students in China were asked to identify situations in which apologies might be required and to report how likely the situations were to occur in their daily lives. Next, metapragmatic assessment involving both Chinese and North American students was used to ascertain the social variables which applied in each scenario. This was followed by studies to validate the scenarios and to develop multiple-choice options for each scenario. Finally, a pilot test was conducted with 105 Chinese university students. The results provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the test, and suggest that after further investigation it may be feasible to assess the pragmatic competence of Chinese learners by means of a MDCT in the future
China · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Multiple choice · Pedagogy · Pragmatics · Syllabus · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology · Social Psychology
Prompted Responses
Requests by Chinese EFL learners and native speakers of English
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Validation of a multiple-choice implicature test
The effect of learner–learner interactions on a multiple-choice discourse completion task
Dynamic assessment and requesting
Intercultural and interpersonal communication failures
Investigating test-takers’ strategy use in task-based L2 pragmatic speaking assessment
Cross-linguistic influence in third language acquisition
Effects of deductive and explicit‐inductive instruction on tertiary‐level Chinese learners’ use of English subjunctive as a pragmatic mitigator
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Validity argument for assessing L2 pragmatics in interaction using mixed methods
The effect of the multiple-choice item format on the measurement of knowledge of language structure
The Effect of Consciousness-Raising Listening Prompts on the Development of the Speech Act of Apology in an Iranian EFL Context
Teacher‐Based Assessment for Foreign Language Pragmatics
English in China
Basics of qualitative research
Protocol Analysis
Cross-Cultural Research Methods
The Discovery of Grounded Theory
Transfer and proficiency in interlanguage apologizing
Survey research methods
Stakeholders’ conflicting aims undermine the washback function of a high-stakes test
Apologies
Eliciting Speech Act Data in Japanese
Developing a Measure of Sociocultural Competence
Conversational implicature in a second language
Conceptions of social relations and pragmatics research
| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.06 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2025 (17) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |