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ASSESSING ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA

Annual review of applied linguistics, 2006-01, Vol.26 (Jan), p.282-304 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2006 Cambridge University Press ;Copyright Cambridge University Press Jan 2006 ;ISSN: 0267-1905 ;ISSN: 1471-6356 ;EISSN: 1471-6356 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0267190506000146 ;CODEN: ARALEM

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  • Title:
    ASSESSING ENGLISH AS A LINGUA FRANCA
  • Author: Elder, Catherine ; Davies, Alan
  • Subjects: assessment ; Dialects ; English as a second language tests ; English as a World Language ; English as an international language ; English language ; English language (Modern) ; Indian English ; Intercultural communication ; Language varieties ; lingua franca ; Linguistic Standardization ; Linguistics ; teaching of language ; The English Language ; THEORY, RESEARCH, AND PEDAGOGY IN ENGLISH AS LINGUA FRANCA
  • Is Part Of: Annual review of applied linguistics, 2006-01, Vol.26 (Jan), p.282-304
  • Description: This chapter proposes two alternative models for assessing English as a Lingua Franca (ELF). Tests based on the first model resemble existing approaches to assessing English as a foreign language offered by such tests as TOEFL, and IELTS. This model assumes that interlocutors use varieties of English based on Standard English. What distinguishes tests of this model from existing international tests of English is that it explicitly allows test accommodations. Such accommodations modify the test delivery system in order to make it accessible and fair for ELF users without changing the construct. Tests based on the second model assume that ELF may be regarded not as a use of Standard English but as a code in its own right. Similarities to varieties of World Englishes such as Singapore English, Indian English are noted. In tests based on the second model, strategic competence takes precedence over linguistic accuracy. Although both models are somewhat problematic in practice, neither, it is argued, entails any radical reconceptualization of language testing beyond what has already been envisaged and/or enacted in the field. Nevertheless, future tests of ELF may have both symbolic and practical importance, giving greater authority and legitimacy to expanding and outer circle English voices on the one hand and giving flesh to definitions of effective intercultural communication on the other. The chapter concludes by cautioning against moving too quickly to assess ELF before it has been properly described.
  • Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0267-1905
    ISSN: 1471-6356
    EISSN: 1471-6356
    DOI: 10.1017/S0267190506000146
    CODEN: ARALEM
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
    ProQuest Central
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