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- Chapter 6:
Listening comprehension tests
- I. General
Careful selected practice material
an effective way of developing listening skill
used for testing listening comprehension
an awareness of ways in which the spoken
language differs from the written language is
crucially important in testing listening
comprehension skills
- some conventional features such as repetition,
hesitation and grammatical patterns are essential
for the understanding of spoken English
the tape recorder is the only way of ensuring
compete uniformity of presentation and thus a
high degree of reliability
auditory tests are divided into two broad
categories: (i) tests of phoneme discrimination
and of sensitivity to stress and intonation, and (ii)
tests of listening comprehension
- II. Phoneme discrimination tests
Type 1: The test consists of a picture, accompanied
by three or four words spoken by the examiner in
person or tape.
Type 2: The testees hear three sentences and have
to indicate which are the same and which are
different.
Type 3: Testees are required to choose the written
word which corresponds to the spoken word.
- Notes
These items used for diagnostic testing purposes,
enabling the teacher to concentrate later on specific
pronunciation
They useful when candidates having the same L1
background & when a contrastive analysis of L1 & L2
can be used.
The ability to discriminate between certain phonemes
very difficult for native speakers.
- III. Tests of stress and intonation
Tests of stress and intonation: less satisfactory
than the phoneme discrimination tests b/c of #
reasons:
Most tests are impure as they test other skills at
the same time.
These items are artificial as they test rarer but
more testable features.
- IV. Statements and dialogues
These tests designed to measure:
how well students can understand
short samples of speech
how well they deal with a variety of
signals on lexical and grammatical
levels of phonology
- TYPE 1
included in a grammar test, reading test
or listening test , depending on whether
the item is written or spoken
testing ability to understand both the
grammatical and lexical features of a
short utterance. (Candidates hear a
statement and choose the best option from
the four ones)
- TYPE 2
These items are an attempt to simulate
speech situations (so they are more
satisfactory that those of type 1)
Testees listen to a short question and
have to select the correct response from a
choice of four printed ones. (part II,
TOEIC)
- V. Testing comprehension
through visual materials
These item types more appropriate for
the elementary stages of learning
English.
Pictures, maps and diagrams used
effectively for testing.
Testees’ performance: less dependent
on other skills like reading & speaking
and vocabulary
- TYPE 1
a picture is used in conjunction
with spoken statements.
testees listen & pick out true &
false statements.
(page 71)
- TYPE 2
there are five pictures in front of
testees; they listen to 4
statements & they’re required to
choose the appropriate picture
being described
(page 72)
- TYPE 3
used in a number of listening tests
testees see a set of three or four
pictures
they hear a statement & choose
the most appropriate picture being
described (page 73)
- TYPE 4
Simple diagrams (lines, squares,
rectangles, circles & triangles)
used in a test of elementary
comprehension
Candidates look at each of the 4
diagrams and then hear a series of
statements about each diagram
(page 73)
- TYPE 5
used to access testees’ ability to
understand instruction
e.g. Tasks in C4 Interactions I
maps can be used or adapted
for testing (p.74-75)
- TYPE 8 & 9
used to test students’ ability to identify and
classify information (see example on p.81)
simple paper-folding and drawing can also
be used to measure learners’ ability to
understand instruction
Useful for ordinary classroom purposes,
but difficult to administer in public
exams
- VI. Understanding talks and lectures
Items of this type
very common & used to test students’
ability to understand both informal
talks and formal lectures –an
important skill
English learners at intermediate and
advanced levels
- TYPE 1 & 2
Testees listen to a short talk & select
the correct answer about the talk
Testees listen to a short talk & read a
summary containing blanks; then
they must complete the blanks
(pages 82-83)
- TYPE 3&4
Hearing a short talk or lecture &
answering questions on it
e.g. multiple – choice items, true/false
items & incomplete sentences
the content of the text itself
determine the type of item
- Notes
(1) Completion not recommended
as testees facing with the tasks of
listening, reading and writing
simultaneously- an extremely
difficult task even for native
speakers
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