Listening Assessment

Outline

I. Objectives

II. General Principles

III. Different Testing Methods

IV. Formats In Listening Test

V. Critic on advanced listening

test of GEPT

I. Objectives

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Level 1

Focuses on the task and listens

with obvious intent

Listens to learn

Listen to enjoy

Level 2

Follows straightforward directions

Listens sensitively & responsibly to

others

Level 3

Distinguishes fact from opinion

Level 4

Listens to and retells a narrative

using details and personal

interpretation

Level 5

Listens to and recalls nonfiction

presentations

II. General Principles

Three important elements

----- The listening stimuli

----- The questions

----- The test environment

III. Different Testing Methods

Sounds

Grammatical Distinctions

Vocabulary

Auditory comprehension

Communicative assessment of listening comprehension

Testing with other skills

A. Testing Sounds

Phoneme Discrimination

Stress and Intonation Distinctions

B. Testing Grammatical Distinctions

C. Testing Vocabulary

D. Testing Auditory Comprehension

Short statements and

conversations

Longer conversations and talks

Dictation

D-1. Short statements & conversation

1. Definition

2. Five testing methods

3. Examples

D-1. Short statements & conversation

2~3 lines early stages

Instruction-/Direction-based;

Question-/Picture-based

Five methods

Short statements & conversation

Simple instructions

1Statements, 2Questions &

3Short conversations

Following directions

Completing picturesShort conversations &

statements about pictures

Short conversations

Questions

Statements

A.A. Ann is often late and is punished.Ann is often late and is punished.

B.B. Ann is often late but is never punished.Ann is often late but is never punished.

C.C. Ann is rarely late and is never punished.Ann is rarely late and is never punished.

D.D. Ann is rarely late and thus isn’t often Ann is rarely late and thus isn’t often

punished.punished.

A.A. No, I didn’t.No, I didn’t.

B.B. I’m fine, thanks.I’m fine, thanks.

C.C. By loosening the screws.By loosening the screws.

D.D. About half an hour.About half an hour.

At what time does the man want to see Dr. At what time does the man want to see Dr.

Lawson?Lawson?

A.A. 9.00 a.m. C. 10 a.m.9.00 a.m. C. 10 a.m.

B.B. 9.10 a.m. D. 10.20 a.m.9.10 a.m. D. 10.20 a.m.

D-2. Longer conversations & talks

radio report

talks and lectures :example

longer conversations :example

1. Definition

2. Examples

D-3. Dictation

--Normal speedNormal speed

-Meaningful -Meaningful

unitsunits

-Slower speed-Slower speed

Three major phases

Pause-required;

Intelligible-segment-

required;

Straightforward-marking-

required

D-3. Dictation

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)

E. Communicative assessment of listening comprehension

Lecture task

Dictation as a communicative test

Interview topic recovery

Verbal report data on listening

comprehension tasks

F. Testing With Other Skills

Multi-mode test

----- Dictocomps

----- Strip story

IV. Formats In Listening Test

Matching

True/False

Filling the blank

Multiple-choice

Sentence completion

Diagram labeling

Chart/Table completion

Short answer question

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

Background Information

Title:Title: General English Proficiency

Test (GEPT)---advanced level---

listening

Author: Author: LTTC

Publisher: Publisher: LTTC

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.

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.

12. A. Endangered species in Guatemala.

B. Adult literacy campaigns.

C. The plight of aboriginal people.

D. The battle against terrorism.

Part II: long conversation

Strength

---Instruction(p2)

---Schemata

---Variety in style

---Time distribution

---Content

---Lay-out

Weakness

---Innovative?

---Subjective(p1)?

---Interesting?

---Natural?

---Proficiency test?

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.Clear distinction

Part II: long conversation

See example (p3) of question21-27

Too static, dull

Part III: long talks

Instruction

General Comment

Strength

Weakness

Conclusion

1. J. B. Heaton. Testing Listening Skills.

Classroom Testing. P37-58. London:

Longman, 1990.

2. Andrew D. Cohen. Assessing Listening

and Speaking. Assessing Language

Ability in the Classroom. P256-261.

Boston:Heinle & Heinle Publishers, 1994.

Works Cited