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Title: Affordance-Based Approach to Language Assessment
Language: English
Authors: Quang Nhat Nguyen (ORCID 0000-0002-9149-5066), Dung Thi Hue Doan (ORCID 0009-0005-7563-9399)
Source: Language Education & Assessment. 2025 8(1).
Availability: Castledown Publishers. Ground Level, 470 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, 3004, Australia. Tel: 646-520-0676; e-mail: contact@castledown.com; Web site: https://www.castledown.com/journals/lea/
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 23
Publication Date: 2025
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Language Tests, Affordances, Holistic Approach, Linguistic Competence, Outcome Measures, Profiles, Higher Education
ISSN: 2209-3591
Abstract: This conceptual paper proposes an affordance-based framework for assessment that builds on an ecological paradigm and highlights how linguistic competence is enacted through interaction over time. Six interrelated foci, emergence, reciprocity, resonance, negotiation, disruption and reclamation, and latent trajectories, are introduced as analytic lenses for tracing how learners generate, share, adapt, and revisit linguistic opportunities in action. Through illustrative vignettes and comparative analysis, the paper demonstrates how these foci can be documented and reported through an Ecological Affordance Profile, which integrates micro-level observations, formative records, and summative accounts into a coherent developmental history. Rather than replacing existing forms of outcome assessment, the framework complements them by offering ecological validity and developmental sensitivity, and it provides trace-back capacity when discrepancies arise between test results and classroom evidence. The conclusion calls for reconceptualizing language assessment as an ongoing ecological process that affirms learner agency, sustains growth, and generates a more comprehensive account of communicative competence.
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Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1501938
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