Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: November | Volume: 7 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 573-587
The Development of English Public Speaking Competence Rating Scale for EFL University and College Students in China
Chen Cheng1, Florence Kuek2
1Guilin University of Technology, China
2Faculty of Education and Languages, SEGI University, Malaysia
Corresponding Author: Chen Cheng
ABSTRACT
Due to globalization, EPS is increasingly important, especially among university students. However, in China, some fundamental questions have not been answered, such as, what specific competencies of English public speaking（EPS） should be attained by university students? What level of these competencies should be reached? What assessment instrument should be employed to gauge the performance of EPS among EFL university students? These have not received enough research. To response to these questions, this study took CSE (China Standard of English Language Ability) serve as the initial item pool, and filtered out relevant EPS descriptors, then via employment of inductive approach, a CSE-based EPS Ability Standard Framework (EASF)was established, and base on this framework, an EPS Rating Scale (ERS)was created. Within EASF and ERS, four (4) dimensions and 22 item statements are contained. Moreover, validity and reliability evidence for this new instrument was established. In the last portion of the paper, the potential implication and limitations of the findings are discussed. It is hoped that the findings in this study can give some implications on the future EPS syllabus development for EFL university student in China.
Keywords: English Public Speaking; Competence; Scale; English as Foreign language (EFL).
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