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Testing Second Language Speaking APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE STUDY GENERAL EDITOR CHRISTOPHER N. CANDLIN Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics Department of English Centre for English Language Education àf Communication Research City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong For a complete list of books in this series see pages v-vi Testing Second Language Speaking GLENN FULCHER First published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited Published 2014 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon 0X14 4RN 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017, USA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 2003, Taylor & Francis. The right of Glenn Fulcher to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Notices Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding, changes in research methods, professional practices, or medical treatment may become necessary. Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the authors, contributors, or editors, assume any liability for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions, or ideas contained in the material herein. ISBN 13: 978-0-582-47270-9 (pbk) British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A GIP catalogue record for this book can be obtained from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book can be obtained from the Library of Congress Typeset in 10/12pt Baskerville by Graphicraft Limited, Hong Kong APPLIED LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE STUDY GENERAL EDITOR CHRISTOPHER N. CANDLIN Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics Department of English Centre for English Language Education & Communication Research City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Error Analysis: An Introduction to Second Language Perspective on Second Language Acquisition Research Acquisition DIANE LARSEN-FREEMAN JACK C RICHARDS (ed.) and MICHAEL H LONG Contrastive Analysis Process and Experience in the CARL JAMES Language Classroom MICHAEL LEGUTKE and Language and Communication HOWARD THOMAS JACK C RICHARDS and RICHARD W SCHMIDT (eds) Translation and Translating: Theory and Practice Reading in a Foreign Language ROGER T BELL J CHARLES ALDERSON and A H URQUHART (eds) Language Awareness in the Classroom An Introduction to Discourse Analysis CARL JAMES and Second Edition PETER GARRETT (eds) MALCOLM COULTHARD Rediscovering Interlanguage Bilingualism in Education: LARRY SELINKER Aspects of Theory, Research and Practice Language and Discrimination: JIM CUMMINS and MERRILL SWAIN A Study of Communication in Second Language Grammar: Multi-ethnic Workplaces Learning and Teaching CELIA ROBERTS, EVELYN DAVIES and WILLIAM E RUTHERFORD TOM JUPP Vocabulary and Language Teaching Analysing Genre: RONALD CARTER and Language Use in Professional Settings michael McCart hy VIJAY K BHATIA The Classroom and the Language as Discourse: Language Learner: Perspective for Language Teaching Ethnography and Second-Language MICHAEL McCarthy and Classroom Research RONALD CARTER LEO VAN LIER Second Language Learning: Listening in Language Learning Theoretical Foundations MICHAEL ROST MICHAEL SHARWOOD SMITH Interaction in the Language Errors in Language Learning and Use: Curriculum: Exploring Error Analysis Awareness, Autonomy and Authenticity CARL JAMES LEO VAN LIER Translation into the Second Language Phonology in English Language STUART CAMPBELL Teaching: Strategies in Learning and Using a An International Language Second Language MARTHA C PENNINGTON ANDREW D COHEN Measuring Second Language Managing Evaluation and Innovation in Performance Language Teaching: TIM McNAMARA Building Bridges Literacy in Society PAULINE REA-DICKINS and RUQAIYA HASAN and KEVIN P GERMAINE (eds) GEOFF WILLIAMS (eds) Reading in a Second Language: Process, Product and Practice Theory and Practice of Writing: An Applied Linguistic Perspective A H URQUHARD and C J WEIR WILLIAM GRABE and ROBERT B KAPLAN Writing: Texts, Processes and Practices Autonomy and Independence in CHRISTOPHER N CANDLIN and Language Learning PHIL BENSON and PETER VOLLER KEN HYLAND (eds) (eds) Disciplinary Discourses: Social Interactions in Academic Writing Language, Literature and the Learner: KEN HYLAND Creative Classroom Practice RONALD CARTER and JOHN McRAE Experiential Learning in Foreign Language Education (eds) VILJO KOHONEN, RITTA JAATINEN, Language and Development: PAULI KAIKKONEN, JORMA LEHTOVAAR Teachers in the Changing World BRIAN KENNY and WILLIAM SAVAGE English as a Second Language in the Mainstream: (eds) Teaching, Learning and Identity Communication Strategies: BERNARD MOHAN, CONSTANT LEUNG Psycholinguistic and Sociolinguistic and CHRISTINE DAVISON Perspectives Researching Pedagogic Tasks: GABRIELE KASPER and ERIC KELLERMAN Second Language Learning, (eds) Teaching and Testing Teaching and Language Corpora MARTIN BYGATE, PETER SKEHAN ANNE WICHMANN, STEVEN FLIGEL- and MERRILL SWAIN (eds) STONE, TONY McENERY and GERRY Learner Contributions to Language KNOWLES (eds) Learning: Testing Second Language Speaking New Directions in Research GLENN FULCHER MICHAEL BREEN For my mother, Joan. And to the memory of my father, Norman. Without whom nothing would have been possible. This page intentionally left blank Contents List of tables and figures x Preface xi Acknowledgements xvi List of abbreviations xx 1 The history of testing second language speaking 1 2 Defining the construct 18 3 Tasks for second language speaking tests 50 4 Rating scales 88 5 Test specifications 116 6 Raters, training and administration 138 7 Evaluating second language speaking tests 171 8 Researching second language speaking tests 199 Appendices 226 References 256 Index 277 ix
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