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Speech act theory–based, second language pragmatics testing (SLPT) raises test‐validation issues owing to a lack of correspondence with empirical conversational data. On the assumption that conversation analysis (CA) provides a more accurate account of language use, it is suggested that CA serve as a more empirically valid basis for SLPT development. The current study explores this notion by administering a pilot CA‐informed test (CAIT) of listening comprehension to learners of English as second language (ESL) and to a control group of native speakers of English. The listening CAIT protocol involved participants' addressing multiple‐choice items after listening to audiotaped conversational sequences derived from the CA literature. Statistical analyses of pilot‐test responses, correlations of test score with participant demographic variables, and CA‐informed, qualitative analyses of nonnative and native speaker responses with reference to operationalized pragmatic norms provided tentative evidence that the CAIT aural‐comprehension measure possesses some utility in SLPT. |
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