Abstract
ABSTRACTThis study explored the validity and potential utility for self‐assessment of speaking proficiency in English as a second language (ESL), of a self‐rating scale intended to nominally parallel–in terms of number of points or levels and corresponding descriptions of language‐use behavior–a scale used by members of the Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) to rate performance in Language Proficiency Interviews (LPI). The study sample was composed primarily of educated, adult ESL users/learners, most of whom were native‐speakers of either French or German, who provided self‐assessments just prior to taking the Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC), in employment‐related ESL training contexts in Switzerland. Correlations between self‐ratings and TOEIC scores centered around .7, and the mean ILR‐referenced self‐rating was very close to that for “predicted ILR‐scaled LPI rating”, where prediction was based on a previously developed equation for predicting LPI rating from TOEIC score. Lines of inquiry warranting further research are suggested.
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