CLA assessment (Purpura 2008)
Theories
Components of knowledge
Gramatical
Lexical
Sociolinguistic
Discourse
Pragmatic
Topic principal
Topic principal
Subtema
Topic flotante
The aim is to reflect about how learners
represent L2 knowledge
use knowledge for communication
analize how affect
learning
assessment
Defined as
Standards
Language skills
formal language elements
Bachmand and Palmer (1996)
Proposed
Multicomponential model of CLA
Oller (1979)
One integrative task
Way to measure Language ability
Pragmatic expentancy grammar
Lado (1961)
"skill and elements"
Specify
Phonology
Structure
Can be assessed separately
Lexicon
Subtema
Canal and Swain (1983)
Munltipotencial model
Carroll (1968)
"Skills and components models of proficiency"
Phonology and ortography
Grammar and lexis
To be measure through the four skills
Brought basis for
First TOEFL
Discret point
Integrative tasks
It was refuted
Findings for empirical studies
In use of factors analisys
Grammatcal, sociolinguistic, discourse
accepted
;odel of communicative competence
Like a mix of
Grammatical form
Communicative competence
They prove
The main theoretical framework
focus on
Communication
Language
Teaching
Testing
Specified CLA components
Organizational knowledge
divided into
Grammatical knowledge
Textual knowledge (discourse level)
Pragmatic knowledge
defined as
Functional knowledge
sociolinguistic knowledge
Modifications made
Purpura (2004) affirms
can be strenthened
Definition of mening
Explanation of grammatical resoueces use
Chahoub Deville (2003)
argued it failed
Person mediated for context
Rejected by McNamara (1990)
difficult to fully apply in tests
in order to
assign importance to one component of language