IMPACT OF GENDER ON DISCOURSE OF ORAL PROFICIENCY TESTING (THE CASE OF IELTS)

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MESHKAT M.; JAVIDZADEH D.

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Journal: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS (IJAL) Year:2006 | Volume:9 | Issue:1 Page(s): 39-71

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Title

IMPACT OF GENDER ON DISCOURSE OF ORAL PROFICIENCY TESTING (THE CASE OF IELTS)

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MESHKAT M. | JAVIDZADEH D. | Issue Writer Certificate

Keywords

ORAL PROFICIENCY INTERVIEWQ4

GENDERQ4

CANDIDATEQ4

INTERRUPTIONSQ2

MINIMAL RESPONSESQ3

OVERLAPSQ4

TALK TIMEQ4

TOPIC SELECTIONQ4

Abstract

This study was carried out to find out whether the GENDER of the interviewer and interviewee influence the discourse of oral proficiency tests. In oral interviews such as the case of the IELTS, it is possible that the GENDER of interviewer and interviewee have an impact on the discourse produced from the interview, thus modifying the results of the interview. A total of 83 FCE students of Simin Educational Institute participated in this study. Based on their scores on a TOFEL test, the participants of the study were rank-ordered and then divided into 3 groups: high (HG), intermediate (IG), and low (LG) proficiency groups. Thirty of them (15 male and 15 female) from the top of the list were assigned as the main group of the study who formed the experimental group. Following HG in the list, another 30 (15 male and 15 female) were selected and assigned as the pilot group who took part in the standardization and validation processes of the IELTS speaking test. The rest of the participants (LG) were eliminated from the study. The data collected for the main part of this study consisted of the audio-taped performances of 15 male and 15 female CANDIDATEs who undertook the IELTS interview on two different occasions, once with a male and another time with a female interviewer, thus yielding in 60 interviews. The interviews were then transcribed and analyzed regarding five pre-determined GENDERed discourse variables, namely INTERRUPTIONS, OVERLAPS, MINIMAL RESPONSES, TALK TIME, and TOPIC SELECTION. The results of the analysis and the indices produced from the Chi-square calculations indicated that the GENDER of interviewers and CANDIDATEs did not have a significant impact on the discourse produced from the IELTS ORAL PROFICIENCY INTERVIEW.

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MESHKAT, M., & JAVIDZADEH, D.. (2006). IMPACT OF GENDER ON DISCOURSE OF ORAL PROFICIENCY TESTING (THE CASE OF IELTS). IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS (IJAL), 9(1), 39-71. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/55230/en

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MESHKAT M., JAVIDZADEH D.. IMPACT OF GENDER ON DISCOURSE OF ORAL PROFICIENCY TESTING (THE CASE OF IELTS). IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS (IJAL)[Internet]. 2006;9(1):39-71. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/55230/en

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M. MESHKAT, and D. JAVIDZADEH, “IMPACT OF GENDER ON DISCOURSE OF ORAL PROFICIENCY TESTING (THE CASE OF IELTS),” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED LINGUISTICS (IJAL), vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 39–71, 2006, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/55230/en

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