Interviewing for Language Proficiency Interaction and Interpretation
This book analyses oral proficiency interviews, a mainstay of second language speaking proficiency assessment for several decades. Adopting a mixed-method perspective involving micro-analytic approaches, discourse analysis and quantitative methods such as
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INTERVIEWING FOR LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
INTERACTION AND INTERPRETATION
Interviewing for Language Proficiency
Steven J. Ross
Interviewing for Language Proficiency Interaction and Interpretation
Steven J. Ross School of Languages Literatures, and Cultures University of Maryland College Park, MD, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-60527-2 ISBN 978-3-319-60528-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-60528-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017946188 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover Design Ran Shauli Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
L anguage Proficiency Interviews: Interaction and Interpretation Throughout this book, the term language proficiency interview (LPI) is used generically, and refers to a family of assessment procedures that have evolved from the original Foreign Service Institute interview of the 1950s. While different agencies and organizations have adapted the interview to their own purposes, the common factor among them is that the interview is essentially a task-based assessment procedure. Most varieties of the LPI are face to face, and involve the interviewee, henceforth referred to as the candidate, an interviewer, and a rater, who usually audits the recorded interview and gives a rating on the Interagency Roundtable Scale, or its derivative, the ACTFL rating scale. Some versions of the LPI involve two interviewers, who also serve as the raters. Other versions of the LPI deliver the interview over the telephone. In the language testing literature, the interview is generally referred to as the oral proficiency interview (OPI). In this book, I will use LPI
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