Lexical richness and accommodation in oral English examinations with Chinese examiners
Lexical assessment and lexical accommodation in oral examinations are new research dimensions, which have both theoretical and empirical values, however they are still much neglected. The present research aims to investigate: first, whether or not and how (if so) the measures of lexical richness can differentiate between candidates of three different grades of Graded Examinations in Spoken English of Other Languages (GESE) and whether or not those measures can differentiate good performers from poor performers at the same grade of GESE; second, whether or not and to what extent (if so) Chinese examiners accommodate to the candidates at the lexical level. 180 samples from Grade 2, 5 and 7 GESE were collected. All the data were transcribed into Codes for Human Analysis of Transcripts (CHAT) format for the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES) (MacWhinney 2000) for analysis. First, the lexical measures of Token, Type, Guiraud, Guiraud Advanced (AG) and D of both candidates and examiners were obtained and analyses were conducted to investigate the relationship among them. Secondly, qualitative data were collected from interviews with GESE examiners to interpret the quantitative results. The quantitative
Zhang, Jian
lexical richness ; accommodation ; oral English examinations
Lexical richness and accommodation in oral English examinations with Chinese examiners. Lexical assessment and lexical accommodation in oral examinations are new research dimensions, which have both theoretical and empirical values, however they are still much neglected. The present research aims to investigate: first, whether or not and how (if so) the measures of lexical richness can differentiate between candidates of three different grades of Graded Examinations in Spoken English of Other Languages (GESE) and whether or not those measures can differentiate good performers from poor performers at the same grade of GESE; second, whether or not and to what extent (if so) Chinese examiners accommodate to the candidates at the lexical level. 180 samples from Grade 2, 5 and 7 GESE were collected. All the data were transcribed into Codes for Human Analysis of Transcripts (CHAT) format for the Child Language Data Exchange System (CHILDES) (MacWhinney 2000) for analysis. First, the lexical measures of Token, Type, Guiraud, Guiraud Advanced (AG) and D of both candidates and examiners were obtained and analyses were conducted to investigate the relationship among them. Secondly, qualitative data were collected from interviews with GESE examiners to interpret the quantitative results. The quantitative
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