Assessing listening

Author

• Buck, Gary

Additional Author(s)

• Bachman, Lyle F.
• Alderson, J. Charles

Publisher

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Language

English

ISBN

9780521666619

Series

The Cambridge language assessment series

Subject(s)

• LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGES-ABILITY TESTING
• LISTENING-ABILITY TESTING
• LISTENING COMPREHENSION

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 258-270. Index: p. 271-274

Abstract

Listening is a key skill and teachers need to assess their students' listening ability. This book shows language teachers and testing practitioners how to assess listening comprehension. The intention is not to discuss theory and research for their own sake, but only sufficiently for practitioners to know how to construct language tests, the conditions that can have an impact on listening tests and how to interpret the test results.
This book includes:
• Practical tips and guidance based on classroom experience
• A review of major listening examinations
• A systematic approach to developing listening tests.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xiv, 274 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

1. An overview of listening comprehension --
2. What is unique to listening --
3. Approaches to assessing listening --
4. Defining the construct --
5. Creating tasks --
6. Providing suitable texts --
7. Designing and constructing complete assessments --
8. Illustrative tests of listening comprehension --
9. Summary and future developments.

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