Testing ListeningBlasius Denny Fernantya

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Testing listening>> parallel to testing Reading: receptive skills.

Operation Obtain the gist Follow an argument Recognize the attitude of a speaker

See. pg161

What the candidate should be able to

Text For content validity and backwash>> text

should be specified as fully as possible Text type: monologue, dialogue, multi

participant, conversation, announcement, talk/lecture, instruction, direction, etc.

Text form: description, exposition, argumentation, instruction, narration.

Speed of speech: words per minutes (wpm) or syllables per second (sps)

Reported speeds for samples of British English

wpm Sps

Radio monologues

160 4.17

Conversation 210 4.33

Interviews 190 4.17

Lecture to non native speakers

140 3.17

Setting the taskSelecting samples of speech (text) Test how candidate cope with language for

native speaker: use authentic speech test if candidate understand language for

non native speaker: make ourself

Setting criteria levels of performance

Self recording’s consideration Poor recording>> difficulties>> reduce

validity Unreliability: affected by recording faults Live presentation As natural as possible

Writing Items Or extended listening: take notes Avoid two close items>> listener may lose

the second Warn the key words (e.g. My second point

is…) Provide sufficient time to understand the

items

Possible techniquesMultiple choices Short alternatives Work well for testing lower level skills, e.g.

testing phoneme discrimination

Short answerShort, straightforward, unique, obvious

response

Gap filling Work well where a short answer question

with a unique answer is not possible Example:Woman: do you think you can give me a hand

with this?Man: I’d love to help but I’ve go to go round

to my mother’s in a minuteThe woman asks the man if he can ……….her

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Information transfer >> labeling diagram, completing forms,

making diary entry, showing route on map.

Note taking Take notes while listening e.g. lecture Essential to use passage that ensure taken

note can be successfully taken from. Conduct moderation or trialing to avoid

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Partial dictation Candidate fill in the blanks by listening to

the tester reads the complete form of sentences.

Correct spelling should not be required to be scored as correct>>the response provide evidence that candidate recognize the missing words.

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Transcription Transcribe numbers/words spelled letter by

letter. E.g. telp numbers Use the words that candidates has not

known Reliable and valid scoring: response to the

item to be entirely correct for a point awarded

Moderating the items Carried out: using prepared recording/ the

writer reading the text as it is meant to be spoken in the test

The moderation checklist see pg.154

Presenting the textRecording:- Uniformity in presentation>> good recording,

good laboratory room, suitable equipments.Live presentation- Greatest uniformity>> use the same

presenter- Speaker>>good command of the test,

generally highly reliable, trustworthy individual

Does not focus on the grammar and spelling Focus on correct response.

Scoring the listening test

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Examples of online listening test