Assessing Oral Strategic Competence of Young Language Learners: An Integrative Perspective

This book presents an empirical study that develops and validates a learning-oriented self-assessment instrument for assessing the strategic competence (SC) of young language learners in oral communication, specifically within the context of early English education in China.

Jun Wang is a lecturer of English language at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, China. Her research interests include strategic competence, assessing young language learners and speaking assessments.

Yan Jin is a professor of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics at the School of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Her research focuses on the theory and practice of language testing and assessment, particularly the development and validation of large-scale language tests.