The Empirical Validity of the Common European Framework of Reference Scales: An Exemplary Study for the Vocabulary and Fluency Scales in a Language Testing Context

The Empirical Validity of the Common European Framework of Reference Scales: An Exemplary Study for the Vocabulary and Fluency Scales in a Language Testing Context
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欧洲共同参考量表框架的实证有效性:语言测试背景下词汇量和流利度量表的示例性研究

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10.1093/applin/amw057
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2018
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3.6
通讯作者:
Wisniewski
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人文科学2区
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尽管欧洲共同语言学习、教学和评估参考框架(CEFR)量表被广泛使用,但它们在描述经验学习者语言方面的能力却严重缺乏证据(;). 本文介绍了一项研究的结果,该研究的重点是CEFR词汇和流利度量表(A2-B2)的经验稳健性(即水平描述捕捉学习者在语言测试中实际做了什么)。数据来源于意大利语和德语口语水平测试。结果表明,经验稳健性是有缺陷的:一些量表内容很难观察到或分布均匀,无法区分学习者。量表特征和异质聚类解决方案之间的矛盾/弱相关性表明,量表并不能始终如一地捕捉典型的学习者行为。学习者的语言往往无法用任何层次的描述来客观地描述。此外,只有部分可能将量表内容与基于研究的流利度和词汇量测量联系起来。考虑到CEFR水平在许多高风险环境中的重要性,结果表明需要一个大型的实证验证项目。
In spite of the widespread use ofCommon European Framework of Reference for language learning, teaching, and assessment(CEFR) scales, there is an overwhelming lack of evidence regarding their power to describe empirical learner language (; ). This article presents results of a study that focused on the empirical robustness (i.e. the power of level descriptions to capture what learners actually do in a language test) of the CEFR vocabulary & fluency scales (A2-B2). Data stem from an Italian & German oral proficiency test . Results show that the empirical robustness was flawed: Some scale contents were hardly observable or so evenly distributed that they could not distinguish between learners. Contradictory/weak correlations among scale features and heterogeneous cluster solutions suggest that scales did not consistently capture typical learner behaviour. Often, learner language could not be objectively described by any level description. Also, it was only partially possible to link scale contents to research-based measures of fluency and vocabulary. Given the importance of CEFR levels in many high-stakes contexts, the results suggest the need of a large empirical validation project.
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