商业第二语言听力测试的主题和口音覆盖:对考生身份的影响

IF 3.6 1区 文学 Q1 LINGUISTICS
Vahid Aryadoust
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摘要本文分析了国际英语语言测试系统(雅思)的语料库,其中包括256个听力部分(1996-2021)。这项研究的主要目的是深入了解考试设计者对考生将遇到的现实环境所做的假设。总体而言,在语料库中确定了15个上级主题领域和300个子主题。在2000年以前,专题的覆盖范围相对比较多样化。然而,该测试没有纳入与当地或国际背景有关的社会文化问题的文本。此外,英语作为第二语言的口音几乎没有代表,514名说话者中只有三个样本,这可能表明听力结构的种族化观点。我认为,这种考试方式有可能促进和规范了考试设计者的意识形态,而忽视了考生在日常生活中会遇到的领域多样性的重要性。我讨论了通过接触这些主题来构建考生身份的可能性,并建议测试设计者可以考虑重新评估测试中的主题和口音覆盖,以提高测试的公平性和公平性。最后,我就如何使用生成式人工智能(AI)来提高语言评估的质量提供了一些想法。
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Topic and Accent Coverage in a Commercialized L2 Listening Test: Implications for Test-takers’ Identity
Abstract I analyzed a corpus of the international English language testing system (IELTS) comprising 256 listening sections (1996–2021). The primary objective of the study was to gain insights into the assumptions made by test designers regarding the real-life contexts that test-takers will encounter. Overall, 15 superordinate topic areas and 300 subtopics were identified in the corpus. There was relatively more diversity in topic coverage before 2000. However, the test did not incorporate texts that would address sociocultural matters related to local or international contexts. Additionally, English-as-L2 accents were virtually unrepresented with only three samples from 514 speakers, potentially suggesting a racialized perspective on the listening construct. I argue that it is possible that this way of testing promotes and normalizes test designers’ ideologies, while overlooking the importance of the diversity of domains that test-takers will encounter in daily life. I discuss the potential construction of test-takers’ identity through exposure to these topics and suggest that test designers may consider reevaluating topic and accent coverage in the test to improve fairness and equity in the test. Finally, I provide ideas on how the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance quality of language assessments.
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Applied Linguistics
Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-
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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.
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