Rethinking the Second Language Listening Test : From Theory to Practice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Field, John.

Series:

British Council Monographs on Modern Language Testing Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Listening comprehension.

Second language acquisition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2019.

Summary:

Testing second language listening proficiency validly and reliably has always posed a challenge. In the days before the widespread availability of recorded material, tests were reliant upon the voice of the examiner. Each test administration was a unique phonetic event, with enormous variations of delivery between examiners and even within the performance of a single examiner on different occasions. The presentation was read-aloud, and the texts chosen were often those that had been written to be read (including literary extracts). The resulting input to test takers bore little resemblance to natural connected speech.

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Other Format:

Print version: Field, John Rethinking the Second Language Listening Test

ISBN:

9781487570149

OCLC:

1492351937