Performance in multimodal speaking tests focusing on strategic competence and task complexity Weiwei Zhang, Lawrence Jun Zhang

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhang, Weiwei (Of Quzhou xue yuan), author.

Zhang, Lawrence Jun, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Spoken English--Ability testing.

English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Singapore Springer [2026]

Summary:

"This book explores the complex interplay between test-takers’ strategic competence, task complexity, and performance, focusing on Chinese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). It introduces and empirically validates the Strategic Competence Model of L2 Speaking (SCMLS), the first framework in second language research to clearly conceptualise strategic competence in speaking, designed primarily for Chinese EFL learners. It also provides a feasible solution to the long-standing challenge of designing and assessing task complexity and multimodality in L2 testing by using Robinson’s (2015) Triadic Componential Framework. Methodologically, the employment of quantitative hierarchical linear modelling and qualitative, ChatGPT‑assisted coding to investigate these relationships offers rigorous and efficient approaches to data analysis for future studies. The book provides pedagogical implications for metacognitive scaffolding and task development for EFL speaking instruction. This book serves as a useful reference for language assessment researchers, applied linguists, teacher educators, test developers, and graduate students interested in second language speaking performance and strategy use in assessment contexts"-- Springer Nature Link

Contents:

Language ability in language testing

Strategic competence, task complexity, and multimodal speaking test tasks

Research methodology

Understanding the complex relationships

Learners’ and teachers’ perceptions of strategy use and task complexity

Linking strategic competence, task complexity, and speaking test performance

Conclusions and implications for L2 pedagogy and assessment

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Springer Nature Link, viewed June 4, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version Zhang, Weiwei (Of Quzhou xue yuan), Performance in multimodal speaking tests

ISBN:

9789819574452

9819574455

OCLC:

1593557522

Access Restriction:

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