Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Contributors vii
4. Part 1 Conceptual and Theoretical Issues
5. 1 Assessing Speaking in Context: Expanding the Construct and the Applications 3
6. 2 Reconceptualising Interactional Competence for Language Testing 23
7. 3 A Case for Nonverbal Behavior: Implications for Construct, Performance and Assessment 50
8. Part 2 Collecting and Rating Speaking Data
9. 4 Task Instruction in OPI Roleplays 73
10. 5 Investigating Raters’ Scoring Processes and Strategies in Paired Speaking Assessment 107
11. 6 Rating and Reflecting: Displaying Rater Identities in Collegial L2 English Oral Assessment 132
12. Part 3 Designing Speaking Assessment Tests
13. 7 Jiazhou? Is It California? Operationalizing Repair in Classroom-based Assessment 165
14. 8 Observing and Assessing Interactional Competence in Dynamic Strategic Interaction Scenarios 192
15. 9 Using Social Deduction Board Games to Assess and Strengthen Interactional Competence in ESL Learners 211
16. 10 Assessing Interactional Competence in Secondary Schools: Issues of Turn-taking 237
17. Part 4 Using New Technologies to Assess Speaking
18. 11 Design and Implementation of a Classroom-based Virtual Reality Assessment 265
19. 12 Operationalising Interactional Competence in Computer-mediated Speaking Tests 283
20. 13 Assessing Speaking in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Look Towards the Future 303
21. Index 311