Assessing speaking at C1 level business English at Masaryk
University Brno

D 2014

Assessing speaking at C1 level business English at Masaryk University Brno

BOHÁČEK, Milan a Jiřina HRBÁČKOVÁ

Základní údaje

Originální název

Assessing speaking at C1 level business English at Masaryk University Brno

Autoři

BOHÁČEK, Milan a Jiřina HRBÁČKOVÁ

Vydání

Hradec Králové, Testing language competence of tertiary students in LSP courses : collective monograph, od s. 16-24, 9 s. 2014

Nakladatel

Department of Languages, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Stať ve sborníku

Obor

50300 5.3 Education

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Organizační jednotka

Centrum jazykového vzdělávání

ISBN

978-80-260-6520-3

Klíčová slova anglicky

methodology; testing; oral test; assessment; reliability; validity; paired format; analytical rating scales

Změněno: 24. 3. 2015 13:14, PaedDr. Marta Holasová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This paper deals with the standardisation process in specifying a new format of the Business English spoken test at the Faculty of Economics and Administration of Masaryk University, which was previously based on the assessment of integrated skills of reading and speaking. With a growing awareness of the CEFR levels, a need to enhance fairness, reliability and validity of testing arose and was embraced by the English language department team initiating a series of discussions resulting in an overhaul of the oral test format. The major change lies in a radical reduction of instruction input, a switch from a teacher-student interview to a peer-to-peer discussion pattern, thereby splitting the role of an interlocutor and rater and the use of analytical rating scales. A year from the implementation of this system, another round of discussions was held aiming to adjust the new format in order to enhance a more autonomous and higher-standard of language production. Recordings of real live tests have been collected for benchmarking purposes and to evaluate the result of the whole process. All signs indicate that the change was for the better with the new format being more capable of eliciting desired language and teachers’ ratings more reliably and consistently.

Návaznosti

CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0233, interní kód MU

Název: Inovace, metodika a kvalita jazykového vzdělávání a odborného vzdělávání v cizích jazycích v terciární sféře v ČR (Akronym: IMPACT)

Investor: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy ČR, Inovace, metodika a kvalita jazykového vzdělávání a odborného vzdělávání v cizích jazycích v terciární sféře v ČR, 2.2 Vysokoškolské vzdělávání

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Citovat

BOHÁČEK, Milan a Jiřina HRBÁČKOVÁ. Assessing speaking at C1 level business English at Masaryk University Brno. In Jan Comorek. Testing language competence of tertiary students in LSP courses : collective monograph. Hradec Králové: Department of Languages, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, 2014, s. 16-24. ISBN 978-80-260-6520-3.

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BOHÁČEK, Milan a Jiřina HRBÁČKOVÁ. Assessing speaking at C1 level business English at Masaryk University Brno. In Jan Comorek. \textit{Testing language competence of tertiary students in LSP courses : collective monograph}. Hradec Králové: Department of Languages, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Charles University in Prague, 2014, s.~16-24. ISBN~978-80-260-6520-3.

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