Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language

Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language

This article describes the procedure followed to formulate a conceptualization of the Target Language Use Domain for the Graduation Test of English (EXEDII). Language tests consider four abilities: listening, reading, speaking and writing, but a controversy exists about the conceptualization of...

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Hlavní autoři: Velasco Ariza, Virginia, Anguiano López Paliza, Maria Luz, Larrazolo Reyna, Norma
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Vydáno: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2007
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spelling redie-article-1712017-04-19T01:06:27Z Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language Propuesta metodológica para la formulación de una conceptualización del constructo de un examen de certificación del inglés como lengua extranjera Velasco Ariza, Virginia Anguiano López Paliza, Maria Luz Larrazolo Reyna, Norma Validity English (Foreign Language) target language use content validity. Validación Inglés (como segunda lengua) dominio de uso de la lengua validez de contenido. This article describes the procedure followed to formulate a conceptualization of the Target Language Use Domain for the Graduation Test of English (EXEDII). Language tests consider four abilities: listening, reading, speaking and writing, but a controversy exists about the conceptualization of the measured construct since the use of language in the real environment is neither fractioned in separate entities, nor used in a single situation. Thus it seems useful to make a conceptualization of the field before constructing or validating tests. Taking into account the adaptability of language use depending on the situation, four concatenated activities for collecting information were designed. A Focus Group and interviews provided the opinion of experts in teaching. Also, comparisons were made between the descriptions of the intermediate level of proficiency used by international institutions, a centre of language teaching and a couple of English language proficiency tests. The integration of this information produced the conceptualization which will be used as a criterion for the content validation of the EXEDII test. Este artículo describe el procedimiento utilizado para formular una conceptualización del Dominio de Uso de la Lengua Meta (DULM) para el Examen de Egreso del Idioma Inglés (EXEDII). Los exámenes para el manejo de idiomas parten de la postulación de cuatro habilidades: comprensión auditiva y lectora, discurso hablado y escritura. Existe una controversia acerca de esa forma de conceptualizar el constructo a medir, ya que el uso del lenguaje en el ambiente real no se manifiesta como entidades separadas. Por ello, resulta útil, antes de construir o validar los exámenes, elaborar una conceptualización del dominio a medir. Se consideró la adaptabilidad del uso del lenguaje y la situación en que éste se utiliza para diseñar cuatro actividades concatenadas y recabar información que permitiera formular una conceptualización de su uso. Mediante un grupo de enfoque y entrevistas, se recogieron las opiniones de expertos. Posteriormente, se compararon las descripciones de las competencias correspondientes al nivel intermedio de dominio del inglés utilizadas por organismos internacionales, un centro de enseñanza de lenguas y en exámenes para certificación del inglés como lengua extranjera. La integración de la información produjo la conceptualización utilizada como criterio de comparación en la validación de contenido del EXEDII, que es un examen de certificación del inglés, como lengua extranjera. REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2007-11-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion text/html application/pdf text/html application/pdf https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/171 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 9 No. 2 (2007) Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa; Vol. 9 Núm. 2 (2007) 1607-4041 spa eng https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/171/914 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/171/296 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/171/915 https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/171/297 Derechos de autor 2019 Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
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author Velasco Ariza, Virginia
Anguiano López Paliza, Maria Luz
Larrazolo Reyna, Norma
spellingShingle Velasco Ariza, Virginia
Anguiano López Paliza, Maria Luz
Larrazolo Reyna, Norma
Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language
author_facet Velasco Ariza, Virginia
Anguiano López Paliza, Maria Luz
Larrazolo Reyna, Norma
author_sort Velasco Ariza, Virginia
title Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language
title_short Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language
title_full Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language
title_fullStr Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language
title_full_unstemmed Methodological Proposal for the Formulation of a Conceptualization of the Language Use of an English Certification Test as a Foreign Language
title_sort methodological proposal for the formulation of a conceptualization of the language use of an english certification test as a foreign language
description This article describes the procedure followed to formulate a conceptualization of the Target Language Use Domain for the Graduation Test of English (EXEDII). Language tests consider four abilities: listening, reading, speaking and writing, but a controversy exists about the conceptualization of the measured construct since the use of language in the real environment is neither fractioned in separate entities, nor used in a single situation. Thus it seems useful to make a conceptualization of the field before constructing or validating tests. Taking into account the adaptability of language use depending on the situation, four concatenated activities for collecting information were designed. A Focus Group and interviews provided the opinion of experts in teaching. Also, comparisons were made between the descriptions of the intermediate level of proficiency used by international institutions, a centre of language teaching and a couple of English language proficiency tests. The integration of this information produced the conceptualization which will be used as a criterion for the content validation of the EXEDII test.
publisher REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE).
publishDate 2007
url https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/171
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