CHAPTER 5: ASSESSING LISTENING

By Licda. Virginia Mora Real

Models of listening:

·       In bottom-up processing listening is believed to be linear, data- driven process. It goes from the smallest meaningful units to complete texts.

·       Top-down listening, it´s directly involved with constructing meaning from input. It uses background knowledge of the context and situation to make sense of what is heard.

APPROACHES:

·       The discrete-point approach

·       The integrative approach

·       The communicative approach

CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNING LISTENING TASKS

·       Background knowledge

·       Test content

·       Texts

·       Vocabulary

·       Test structure

·       Formats

·       Item writing

·       Timing

TECHNIQUES FOR ASSESSING LISTENING COMPREHENSION

·       Phonemic discrimination

·       Paraphrase recognition

·      Objective formats: short answer questions, cloze, dictation

·       Information transfer tasks

·       Note taking

·       Listening test delivery

·       Recording voiceovers