Assessing Interactional Competence

With the growing recognition of the need to broaden the definition of Interactional Competence (IC) for communication and learning, this monograph offers the first book-length treatment on the conceptualization, development and validation of IC assessment instruments.

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David Wei Dai PhD FHEA is Lecturer/Tenured Assistant Professor in Professional Communication at UCL Institute of Education, University College London. His research interests include language assessment, Interactional Competence, professional communication and discourse analysis. His work has appeared in international peer-reviewed journals including Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching Research, Medical Education, Applied Linguistics Review, Language Assessment Quarterly, Language, Culture and Curriculum and Journal of English for Academic Purposes.

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Introduction Literature review Interpretive argument and research design Study one: Task- based needs analysis and test design Study two: Pilot test, indigenous criteria, and rating materials Study three: The IC test and accompanying questionnaires Validity argument and overall discussions Conclusions