The Discourse of the IELTS Speaking Test
Interactional Design and Practice

The volume illustrates how the interaction in IELTS Speaking Tests is organised in relation to the institutional aim of ensuring valid assessment, using authentic examples.

Paul Seedhouse (Author), Fumiyo Nakatsuhara (Author)

9781108437691, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 February 2018

274 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.42 kg

The volume provides a unique dual perspective on the evaluation of spoken discourse in that it combines a detailed portrayal of the design of a face-to-face speaking test with its actual implementation in interactional terms. Using many empirical extracts of interaction from authentic IELTS Speaking Tests, the book illustrates how the interaction is organised in relation to the institutional aim of ensuring valid assessment. The relationship between individual features of the interaction and grading criteria is examined in detail across a number of different performance levels.

Subject Areas: ELT: teaching theory & methods [EBA]