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Ensikielen tunnistamisen merkityksestä suullisen kielitaidon arvioinnissa Yleisissä kielitutkinnoissa (2020)
Halonen, M., Huhta, A., Ahola, S., Hirvelä, T., Neittaanmäki, R., Ohranen, S., & Ullakonoja, R. (2020). Ensikielen tunnistamisen merkityksestä suullisen kielitaidon arvioinnissa Yleisissä kielitutkinnoissa. In S. Grasz, T. Keisanen, F. Oloff, M. Rauniomaa, I. Rautiainen, & M. Siromaa (Eds.), Menetelmällisiä käänteitä soveltavassa kielentutkimuksessa - Methodological turns in applied language studies (pp. 56-70). Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry. AFinLA:n vuosikirja, 2020. https://doi.org/10.30661/afinlavk.89453
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Halonen, Mia; Huhta, Ari; Ahola, Sari; Hirvelä, Tuija; Neittaanmäki, Reeta; Ohranen, Sari; Ullakonoja, Riikka
Parent publication: Menetelmällisiä käänteitä soveltavassa kielentutkimuksessa - Methodological turns in applied language studies
Parent publication editors: Grasz, Sabine; Keisanen, Tiina; Oloff, Florence; Rauniomaa, Mirka; Rautiainen, Iira; Siromaa, Maarit
eISBN: 978-951-9388-71-7
Journal or series: AFinLA:n vuosikirja
eISSN: 2343-2608
Publication year: 2020
Number in series: 2020
Pages range: 56-70
Number of pages in the book: 262
Publisher: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistys ry
Place of Publication: Jyväskylä
Publication country: Finland
Publication language: Finnish
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30661/afinlavk.89453
Persistent website address: https://journal.fi/afinlavk/article/view/89453
Publication open access: Openly available
Publication channel open access: Open Access channel
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73922
Additional information: Suomen soveltavan kielitieteen yhdistyksen julkaisuja ; 78, ISSN 0781-0318
Abstract
In this paper, we present a multidisciplinary study addressing fairness in the speaking test in a high-stakes language proficiency test in Finnish, National Certificates of Language Proficiency. The background of the research lies in studies on language assessment and (reversal) linguistic stereotyping and language attitudes. The focus L1 groups were Thai, Estonian, Finland Swedish, Arabic and Russian. Altogether 49 speech samples of test takers of these L1s were rated on a digital platform by 44 raters of the test system. The current paper reports on the sub-study that investigated whether the raters’ recognition of the test takers’ L1 affected their ratings and whether the effect differed across various assessment criteria.
Keywords: Finnish as a second language; language skills; oral language skills; adult language proficiency test; mother tongue
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- ‘Broken Finnish’: Accent perceptions in societal gatekeeping
- Halonen, Mia
- Research Council of Finland
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Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2020
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