Methods and criteria for assessing listining skills

Information transfer

• 1. Multiple-picture-cued-selection
• 2. Single-picture-cued-verbal-multiple-choice
• 3. Chart-filling

Extensive listening

• Listening to develop a top down, global understanding of spoken language.
• Listening for the gist
• Listening for the main idea
• Making inferences

Extensive listening

• Dictation

1. >50 – 100 words

2. recited 3 times: normal speed, long pauses between

phrases, normal speed

• • Communicative stimulus-response tasks

– Dialogue and multiple-choice comprehension items

– Dialogue and authentic questions on details

• • Authentic listening tasks

– Note –taking : Listening to a lecturer and write down the

important ideas

– Editing

– Retelling : Listen to a story or news event and simply

retell it either orally or written

Assessing for specific learners

• 1. Beginning Learners
• 2. Intermediate Learners
• 3. Advanced Learners

Assessing beginning learners

• 1. Discrete test items
• 2. Cloze activities
• 3. Dictation
• 4. Portfolio

Assessing intermediate learners

• communicative tests
• 1. Jigsaw listening
• 2. Interview
• 3. Pair or group-work based

Assessing advanced learners

• 1.Responsive listening
• 2. Information transfer questions
• 3. Portfolio
• 4. TOEFL and TOEIC (outside the classroom)

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