Listening Process

1. Processing Sound/Perception Skills2. Processing Meaning/Analysis Skills3. Processing Knowledge and Context /

Synthesis skills

How are listening skills assessed?

1. The Listening Stimuli2. The Questions3. The Test Environment

How should assessment instruments be selected or designed?

1. Identifying the appropriate instrument.2. Design an assessment instrument.3. Seek out a pertinent developed test.

Testing of Listening Comprehension

1. Testing of Passive Skillsa. Sentence level listening comprehensionb. Beyond the sentence

2. Dictation3. Real World Listening Tasks

Variables Affecting and Effecting Successful Listening

1. Noise2. Equipment3. Repetition4. Content

Testing Phoneme Discrimination

1. Testees look at the a picture and listen to four words and decide which word is the object in the picture.

2. Testees listen to a spoken sentence and are asked to identify which one of four similar words were used.

Discriminating Stress and Intonation

1. Testees listen to a sentence and must indicate what word carry the main stress.

2. Testees listen to a statement and choose from three interpretations.

Understanding Sentences and Dialogues

1. Single sentence which testees listen to and four written statements to choose the one closest to the original spoken sentence.

Spoken:

I had hoped to visit you while I was in New York.

Written:

A. I was in New York but did not visit you.

B. I will be in New York and hope to visit you.

C. I visited you in New York and hope to again.

Understanding Sentences and Dialogues

2. Testees listen to an utterance and chose from among four responses the most appropriate response

Spoken: Would you mind if I visited you next time I

came to New York?

Written:

A. Yes, of course. I'd love to visit New York.

B. No, I don't really think that much of New York.

C. Yes, I would. You can come any time.

D. No, not at all. I'd really love to have you.

Tasks Using Visual Materials

1. Matching and True/False tasks

2. Map Tasks

3. Drawing Tasks

Tasks Involving Talks and Lectures

1. Testees listen to the talk and then fill in the blanks in a written summary.

2. Give testees questions to answer as they listen to the talk.

3. Testees take notes while listening to the talk

and use it to answer questions.