Constructs and models

Constructs and models

According to Fulcher, G. & Davidson, F. (2007)

A model is:

• a selection of skills and abilities that are relevant to a specific assessment context.

• a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing.

• over-arching and relatively abstract theoretical descriptions of what it means to be able to communicate in a foreign language

• a term used to describe the components of something.

According to Fulcher, G. & Davidson, F. (2007)

A Framework is:

• a term used to describe the components of something.

• a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing.

• over-arching and relatively abstract theoretical descriptions of what it means to be able to communicate in a foreign language.

• a selection of skills and abilities that are relevant to a specific assessment context.

According to Fulcher, G. & Davidson, F. (2007)

A Construct is:

• a selection of skills and abilities that are relevant to a specific assessment context.

• over-arching and relatively abstract theoretical descriptions of what it means to be able to communicate in a foreign language.

• a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing.

• a term used to describe the components of something.

One of the following is not a level of increasing detail for test development

• Assessment frameworks

• Theoretical model

• Performance conditions

• Test specifications

Who did produce the first and most influential model of communicative competence in assessment?

• Fulcher, G. & Davidson, F.

• Canale and Swain

• Bachman

• Celce-Murcia, Dornyei & Thurrell

Canale & Swain´s model include the following 2 components:

• Communicative competence and performance conditions

• Actual communication and and strategic competence

• Topical Knowledge and communicative competence

• Communicative competence and actual communication.

As stated in the document, what term has relatively recently been included in the models for assessment.

• Performance conditions

• Illocutionary competence

• Language competence

• Strategic competence

These are the 3 components of Bachman´s model of communicative language ability.

• Language competence, strategic competence and Psychophysiological mecanisms.

• Language Knowledge, strategic competence and topical knowledge.

• Socio-cultural competence, discourse competence and strategic competence

The 1996 model presented by Bachman and Palmer included Topical Knowledge which is

• the affective factor in language us

• the memories that determine if a learner will engage in a particular task.

• a set of metacognitive strategies

Celce-Murcia, Dornyei and Thurrell´s model consists of 5 components

• TRUE

• FALSE