An Application of Conversation Analysis to the Development of a Test of Second -Language Pragmatic Competence

Major findings included the following: conversation analysis could be applied in a practical fashion to the assessment of second-language pragmatics (SLP), though low reliabilities gathered from the pool of upper-theta examinees appeared to make psychometrically-driven SLPT problematic; therefore, a hermeneutic approach to reliability and validity is recommended for SLPT; the traditional DCT should be discarded as an instrument for measuring online SLP ability. Also found was that NS participant responses did not diverge greatly from the operationalized norm, though the divergence did render validation somewhat problematic. Suggestions for further research are offered.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Walters, Francis Scott

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cziko, Gary A.
• Davidson, Fred

• Education, Tests and Measurements

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3131041

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79792