Development of a test to asses the pragmatic level of comprehension for speakers of Spanish as a foreign language

Authors

  • M. Isabel Gibert-Escofet Universitat Rovira i Virgili (España)
  • Mar Gutiérrez-Colón Plana Universitat Rovira i Virgili (España)
  • Pedro-Manuel Medina Garcia Departament de Justicia de la Genaralitat de Catalunya (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.49.07

Keywords:

pragmatics, second language learning, Spanish as a second language, Chinese language learners, pragmatics assessment

Abstract

The main objective of this study is the creation of a test to asses the pragmatic level of comprehension for students who study Spanish as a foreign language. The results of this study show a standardized test that complies with the requirements of utility (authenticity, interactivity, impact, practicability and assessment and scoring) proposed by Bachman and Palmer (1996) for language tests and psychometric statistical requirements of reliability and validity.

Author Biographies

M. Isabel Gibert-Escofet, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (España)

Departament de Filologias Romanicas , Campus Catalunya.

Mar Gutiérrez-Colón Plana, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (España)

Department of English and German Studies, Campus Catalunya.

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Published

2020-09-30

How to Cite

Gibert-Escofet, M. I., Gutiérrez-Colón Plana, M., & Medina Garcia, P.-M. (2020). Development of a test to asses the pragmatic level of comprehension for speakers of Spanish as a foreign language. Onomázein, (49), 115–139. https://doi.org/10.7764/onomazein.49.07

Issue

No. 49: 2020

Section

Articles