Symposium article: Data generation through role-play: Assessing oral proficiency

Gene Halleck
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Gene Halleck: Oklahoma State University, USA

Simulation & Gaming, 2007, vol. 38, issue 1, 91-106

Abstract: This study analyzes the use of role-play as an elicitation device for the evaluation of a nonnative speaker's oral language. In this analysis of role-play as a methodology to generate data for assessment purposes, the study examines the role that interlocutors play in two types of interactions. It raises questions about the validity and reliability of dialogic role-plays used to elicit a ratable sample of a nonnative speaker';s oral proficiency and proposes that a monologic situation may provide a more reliable and accurate sample. The study also suggests how implications for simulation-based teaching can be implemented in second/ foreign language classes.

Keywords: accommodation; assessment; data generation; dialogic role-play; discourse; monologic role-play; oral proficiency; reliability; role-play; simulation-based teaching; speech act research; validity; variability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/1046878106298268

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