ASSESSMENT: LISTENING COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT: LISTENING COMPREHENSION ASSESSMENT

1. LISTENING COMPREHENSION
ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT

2. MICRO AND MACRO SKILLS OF LISTENING
Brownstatesthatlisteningcomprehensionassessmentinvolves
twomainaspects:languageaspects(microskill)andcontents
understanding(macroskill).
Microskillcanbeformulatedinthefollowingitems:
1.DiscriminatingamongthedistinctivesoundsofEnglish;
2.Retainingchunksoflanguageatdifferentlengthsinshort-
termmemory;
3.RecognizingEnglishstressandintonationpatternstosignal
information;
4.Recognizingreducedformsofwords;
5.Distinguishingwordboundaries,recognizingacoreofwords,
andinterpretingwordorder;
6.Processingspeechatdifferentratesofdelivery

3. 7.Processingspeechcontainingpauses,errors,corrections,and
otherperformances;
8.Recognizinggrammaticalwordclasses,systems,andpattern
rules;
9.Detectingsentenceconstituentsanddistinguishingbetween
majorandminorones;
10.Recognizingmeaningsbydifferentgrammaticalforms;
11.Recognizingcohesivedevicesinspokendiscourse.

4. Macroskillcanbeformulatedinthefollowingitems:
1.Recognizingthecommunicativefunctionsofutterances
accordingtosituations;
2.Inferringsituations,goals,andparticipantsusingreal-world
knowledge;
3.Predictingoutcomes,inferringlinksandconnectionbetween
events;
4.Distinguishingbetweenliteralandimpliedmeanings;
5.Usingfacial,kinesics,bodylanguagetodeciphermeaning;
6.Developingandusingabatteryoflisteningstrategies.

5. TYPES OF LISTENING ASSESSMENT TASKS I
DiscriminativeListening
•DiscriminativeListeningisanawarenessofchangesinpitch
andloudnessofsoundsanditisdeterminingifsoundsare
differentorthesame.
Forexample
Differencesoundsisidentified
•“Iwouldrankitfirst”and“Idrankitfirst”
•bat/bat,bat/bet.
•Safe/save
•Made/mate
•Age/h

6. ComprehensionListening
Itisalsoknownascontentlistening,informativelistening,and
fulllistening.
Forexample
Ontherecording,youwillhear:
Inyourtestbook,youwillread:
1.Whatisthesubjectoftheannouncement?
a)Theschoolwillbeaddingnewclasses.
b)Threenewteacherswillbeworkingattheschool.
c)Somestudentshavereceivedanaward.

7. TYPES OF LISTENING ASSESSMENT TASKS II
IntensiveListeningTasks
•Distinguishingphonemicpairs.Ex.Grass–glass;leave–live
•Distinguishingmorphologicalpairs.Ex.Miss–missed;
•Distinguishingstresspatterns.Ex.Icango;Ican’tgo
•Paraphraserecognition.Ex.IcomefromTaiwan;I’m
Taiwanese
•Repetition(srepeataword)

8. ResponsiveListeningTasks
•Question.
Ex.Whattimeisit?–Multiplechoiceresponses
•Question.
Ex.Whattimeisit?–Open-endedresponse
•Simplediscoursesequences.
Ex.Hello,niceweather.Toughtest
SelectiveListeningTasks
•Listeningcloze(studentsfillintheblanks);
•Verbalinformationtransfer(studentsgiveMCverbal
response);
•Picturecuedinformationtransfer(studentschooseapicture);
•Chartcompletion(studentsfeelinagrid);
•Sentencerepetition(studentsrepeatstimulussentence).

9. ExtensiveListeningTasks
•Dictation(studentslisten(usually3times)andwritea
paragraph);
•Dialogue(studentsheardialogue–MCcomprehension
questions);
•Dialogue(studentsheardialogue–open–endedresponse);
•Lecture(studentstakenotes,summarize,listmainpoints,etc);
•Interpretivetasks(studentshearapoem–interpretmeaning);
•Stories,narrative(studentsretellastory).

10. ReferencesandRecommendedReading
•Brown,H.Douglas.(2004).PrinciplesofLanguageLearning
andTeaching.London:Longman.
•Brown,H.Douglas.(1994).TeachingbyPrinciples:An
InteractiveApproachtoLanguagePedagogy.NewJersey:
PrenticeHallRegents.