Introducing/Testing New SFL-Inspired Communication/Content/Function-Focused Measures for Assessing L2 Narrative Task Performance

IF 3.6 1区文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2024-04-21 DOI:10.1093/applin/amae030

Jie Qin, Dilin Liu

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Abstract

In response to calls for an assessment tool that provides a separate performance dimension from the linguistic quality-oriented measures of complexity, accuracy, and fluency (CAF) and guided by systemic functional linguistic (SFL) theories, this study introduces a set of fine-grained objective measures of communication/content/function (CCF)-related performance in second language (L2) narratives and empirically tests the validity of these measures using vigorous research procedures and statistical tests. The test results show that these CCF measures assessed their intended SFL functional dimensions, in contrast to the key CAF measures that evaluated mainly linguistic dimensions of narrative performance. More specifically, these CCF measures offered an objective evaluation of the communication/content quality of narrative task performance as evaluated by the subjective functional adequacy scales, while the key CAF measures provided an objective assessment of the linguistic quality of task performance as measured by the largely subjective International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scales. The study also discusses the implications of the results for making the assessment of L2 task performance more accurate and comprehensive.

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引入/测试受 SFL 启发的以交流/内容/功能为重点的新方法，以评估 L2 叙事任务的表现

为了响应在以语言质量为导向的复杂性、准确性和流畅性（CAF）测量之外提供一个单独的表现维度的评估工具的呼吁，并以系统功能语言学（SFL）理论为指导，本研究引入了一套与第二语言（L2）叙事中的交际/内容/功能（CCF）相关的细粒度客观测量方法，并通过严格的研究程序和统计测试对这些测量方法的有效性进行了实证检验。测试结果表明，这些 CCF 测量方法评估了其预期的 SFL 功能维度，这与主要的 CAF 测量方法不同，后者主要评估叙事表现的语言维度。更具体地说，这些 CCF 量表通过主观的功能充分性量表对叙事任务表现的交流/内容质量进行了客观评估，而主要 CAF 量表则通过主观的国际英语语言测试系统（IELTS）量表对任务表现的语言质量进行了客观评估。本研究还讨论了这些结果对于更准确、更全面地评估 L2 任务表现的意义。

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Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

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7.60

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： Applied Linguistics publishes research into language with relevance to real-world problems. The journal is keen to help make connections between fields, theories, research methods, and scholarly discourses, and welcomes contributions which critically reflect on current practices in applied linguistic research. It promotes scholarly and scientific discussion of issues that unite or divide scholars in applied linguistics. It is less interested in the ad hoc solution of particular problems and more interested in the handling of problems in a principled way by reference to theoretical studies.