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Listening Assessment

Listening Assessment. Outline. Objectives General Principles Different Testing Methods Formats In Listening Test Critic on advanced listening test of GEPT. I. Objectives. Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5. Level 1.

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Listening Assessment

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  1. Listening Assessment

  2. Outline Objectives General Principles Different Testing Methods Formats In Listening Test Critic on advanced listening test of GEPT

  3. I. Objectives Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5

  4. Level 1 • Focuses on the task and listens with obvious intent • Listens to learn • Listen to enjoy

  5. Level 2 • Follows straightforward directions • Listens sensitively & responsibly to others

  6. Level 3 • Distinguishes fact from opinion

  7. Level 4 • Listens to and retells a narrative using details and personal interpretation

  8. Level 5 • Listens to and recalls nonfiction presentations

  9. II. General Principles • Three important elements ----- The listening stimuli ----- The questions ----- The test environment

  10. III. Different Testing Methods • Sounds • Grammatical Distinctions • Vocabulary • Auditory comprehension • Communicative assessment of listening comprehension • Testing with other skills

  11. A. Testing Sounds • Phoneme Discrimination • Stress and Intonation Distinctions

  12. B. Testing Grammatical Distinctions

  13. C. Testing Vocabulary

  14. D. Testing Auditory Comprehension • Short statements and conversations • Longer conversations and talks • Dictation

  15. D-1. Short statements & conversation • Definition • Five testing methods • Examples

  16. D-1. Short statements & conversation • 2~3 lines early stages • Instruction-/Direction-based; Question-/Picture-based • Five methods

  17. Simple instructions Following directions 1Statements, 2Questions & 3Short conversations Completing pictures Short conversations & statements about pictures Short statements & conversation

  18. Statements Questions Short conversations • Ann is often late and is punished. • Ann is often late but is never punished. • Ann is rarely late and is never punished. • Ann is rarely late and thus isn’t often punished. • No, I didn’t. • I’m fine, thanks. • By loosening the screws. • About half an hour. • At what time does the man want to see Dr. Lawson? • 9.00 a.m. C. 10 a.m. • 9.10 a.m. D. 10.20 a.m.

  19. D-2. Longer conversations & talks • radio report • talks and lectures :example • longer conversations :example

  20. D-3. Dictation • Definition • Examples

  21. -Normal speed -Meaningful units -Slower speed D-3. Dictation • Three major phases • Pause-required; Intelligible-segment-required; Straightforward-marking- required

  22. d-e-l-i-b-e-r-a-t-e-l-y • re •luc • tantly • Every year / thousands of new words / come into the English language. // Although most of these words / disappear after a short time, / one or two hundred words / eventually find their way into the dictionary. // Who decides which words are kept? // ~adopted from Classroom Testing (P39)

  23. E. Communicative assessment of listening comprehension • Lecture task • Dictation as a communicative test • Interview topic recovery • Verbal report data on listening comprehension tasks

  24. F. Testing With Other Skills • Multi-mode test ----- Dictocomps ----- Strip story

  25. IV. Formats In Listening Test • Matching • True/False • Filling the blank • Multiple-choice • Sentence completion • Diagram labeling • Chart/Table completion • Short answer question

  26. V. Critic on advanced listening test of GEPT • Background information • In detail: ---Instruction ---Part I: short conversation and talks ---Part II: long conversation ---Part III: long talks • In general: ---Strength/Weakness

  27. Background Information • Title: General English Proficiency Test (GEPT)---advanced level---listening • Author: LTTC • Publisher: LTTC

  28. Part I : short conversation & talks 5 A. At the end of the second term. B. After February 21. C. On May 21. D. In the next two days.

  29. 9. A. It lowered global temperatures. B. It led to another volcanic eruption. C. It enlarged the holes in the ozone layers. D. It caused droughts in both he hemispheres.

  30. 12. A. Endangered species in Guatemala. B. Adult literacy campaigns. C. The plight of aboriginal people. D. The battle against terrorism.

  31. Part II: long conversation • Strength ---Instruction(p2) ---Schemata ---Variety in style ---Time distribution ---Content ---Lay-out Weakness ---Innovative? ---Subjective(p1)? ---Interesting? ---Natural? ---Proficiency test?

  32. Clear distinction Part II: long conversation 20 Which would be the best title for Taylor’s next book? • At the end of the second term. • After February 21. • On May 21. • In the next two days.

  33. Too static, dull Part II: long conversation • See example (p3) of question21-27

  34. Part III: long talks

  35. Instruction

  36. General Comment • Strength • Weakness • Conclusion

  37. Works Cited • J. B. Heaton. Testing Listening Skills. Classroom Testing. P37-58. London: Longman, 1990. • Andrew D. Cohen. Assessing Listening and Speaking. Assessing Language Ability in the Classroom. P256-261. Boston:Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1994.

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