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Using elicited imitation to measure global oral proficiency in SLA research: A close replication study
Language Teaching ( IF 4.0 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-12 , DOI: 10.1017/s026144482000021x
Kevin McManus , Yingying Liu

We closely replicated Wu and Ortega (2013), who found that an elicited imitation test (EIT) reliably distinguished low-level from high-level language abilities among instructed second language (L2) learners of Mandarin Chinese. The original study sampled learners (1) from second-level courses to represent low-level language abilities and (2) from third-, fourth- and graduate-level courses to represent high-level language abilities. Results showed high-level learners outperformed low-level learners on the Mandarin EIT. Our close replication used Wu and Ortega's (2013) materials and procedures in order to understand (1) the extent to which this EIT can additionally distinguish between finer-grained language abilities and (2) the ways in which the broad grouping of language abilities in the high group may have contributed to the findings. Sixty-five instructed L2 learners from four instructional levels were assigned to one of three groups: Beginner (first-level courses), Low (second-level courses), High (third- and fourth-level courses). Consistent with the original study, our results showed clear between-group differences, indicating that the EIT can distinguish between both broad (beginner vs high) and finer-grained (beginner vs low, low vs high) language abilities. These results are discussed in light of the original study's findings with implications for proficiency assessment in second language acquisition (SLA) research.

中文翻译:

使用诱发模仿来衡量 SLA 研究中的全球口语能力:一项密切复制研究

我们密切复制了 Wu 和 Ortega (2013),他们发现诱导模仿测试 (EIT) 能够可靠地区分受过指导的第二语言 (L2) 普通话学习者的低级和高级语言能力。最初的研究从(1)二级课程中抽取学习者以代表低级语言能力,(2)从三级、四级和研究生课程中抽取学习者以代表高级语言能力。结果显示,高水平学习者在普通话 EIT 上的表现优于低水平学习者。我们使用 Wu 和 Ortega (2013) 的材料和程序进行密切复制,以了解 (1) 此 EIT 可以在多大程度上另外区分细粒度的语言能力和 (2) 语言能力的广泛分组方式高组可能对调查结果做出了贡献。来自四个教学级别的 65 名受过指导的 L2 学习者被分配到三个组中的一组:初学者(一级课程)、低级(二级课程)、高级(三级和四级课程)。与最初的研究一致,我们的结果显示出明显的组间差异,表明 EIT 可以区分广泛(初学者与高级)和细粒度(初学者与低级,低级与高级)的语言能力。这些结果是根据原始研究的结果进行讨论的,这些结果对第二语言习得 (SLA) 研究的能力评估有影响。我们的结果显示出明显的组间差异,表明 EIT 可以区分广泛(初学者与高级)和细粒度(初级与低级,低级与高级)的语言能力。这些结果是根据原始研究的结果进行讨论的,这些结果对第二语言习得 (SLA) 研究的能力评估有影响。我们的结果显示出明显的组间差异,表明 EIT 可以区分广泛(初学者与高级)和细粒度(初级与低级,低级与高级)的语言能力。这些结果是根据原始研究的结果进行讨论的,这些结果对第二语言习得 (SLA) 研究的能力评估有影响。
更新日期:2020-08-12
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