Issues in Functional Language Performance Assessment: The Case of the Certificate Dutch as a Foreign Language  

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Gysen, Sara ; Avermaet, Piet van

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Language Assessment Quarterly vol. 2 no. 1 (2005), page 51 — 68.
Fulltext: LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT QUARTERLY, 2(1), 51–68.pdf (909.96KB)

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In this article, we will first focus on how starting from the stakeholders’ needs has led to the construction of examinations based on a theory of functional language performance assessment in which, not general, but domain-specific language use plays a central role. Second, we will describe how we aim to infer real-life performance on the basis of test performance by using the concept “type task,” through which test task performance can be extrapolated toward target task performance. An assessment approach will be described that focuses on what learners can do with language. Focussing on what one can do instead of the competencies one has yields a more direct link with language performance that can be observed in the real world. This approach will be exemplified through the examinations of the International Certificate Dutch as a Foreign Language (CNaVT)

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