Using observation checklists to validate speaking-test tasks

By B. O’Sullivan, C. Weir, N. Saville. 2002

114 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Language and Linguistics, Literature and Literary Theory

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/ff8fbafd097440ea53f9f9cb3babeda270bb0667

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

In Language and Linguistics

1. P. Rea‐Dickins
2. C. Weir
3. C. Leung
4. T. Eckes
5. Tim McNamara
6. Kathryn Hill

In Literature and Literary Theory

1. P. Rea‐Dickins
2. C. Weir

Citations in the corpus

• Classroom-based assessment: Possibilities and pitfalls (2007, background): “Purpura, 1999) and multi-faceted Rasch measurement (e.g., McNamara, 1996; O'Loughlin, 2001), advances in the use of qualitative approaches in the test validation process (e.g., Banerjee & Luoma, 1997; Green, 1998), together with a greater understanding of the nature of test performance, its interpre”
• Language Testing and Validation: An Evidence-Based Approach (2004, methodology): “O’Sullivan et al. (2002) provide a detailed example of how Cambridge ESOL is attempting to achieve this for its oral examinations using an observation checklist.”