Risks in Presenting a Sequencing Task as a Reading Test

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_60
dc.title	Risks in Presenting a Sequencing Task as a Reading Test. A Study Based on Tests of the CILC Certification
dc.contributor.author	Torresan Paolo
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/elle/2015/2/insidie-nella-confezione-di-un-sequencing-task-qua/
dc.description.abstract	In this essay we identify certain factors worth taking into account when designing sequencing tasks to assess candidates’ reading ability, such as: the number of linguistic fragments into which a text is divided; the need to ensure that there are no plausible alternative reconstructions; the importance of accepting correct sequences suggested by candidates even when they do not match the intended reconstruction. The analysis is based on a B1 exam from the CILS certification in Italian as a foreign language (Summer 2009).
dc.relation.ispartof	EL.LE
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 4 \| Issue 2 \| July 2015
dc.issued	2015-07-01
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-6792
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2280-6792/EL.LE-4-2-15-6
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	CILS certification
dc.subject	CILS certification
dc.subject	Sequencing tasks
dc.subject	Sequencing tasks
dc.subject	Testing
dc.subject	Testing
dc.subject	Validity
dc.subject	Validity

Research Article
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A Study Based on Tests of the CILC Certification

Paolo Torresan Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia

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In this essay we identify certain factors worth taking into account when designing sequencing tasks to assess candidates’ reading ability, such as: the number of linguistic fragments into which a text is divided; the need to ensure that there are no plausible alternative reconstructions; the importance of accepting correct sequences suggested by candidates even when they do not match the intended reconstruction. The analysis is based on a B1 exam from the CILS certification in Italian as a foreign language (Summer 2009).

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July 1, 2015

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Keywords: Validity • CILS certification • Sequencing tasks • Testing

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