Overview
- Provides both theoretical and practical insights into the field of listening assessment
- Introduces the concept of textmapping, a procedure that explores the relationship between the input listeners hear and types of listening behaviour
- Analyses key variables in listening comprehension including background noise, background knowledge of the listener, and the information density of the input
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“Rita Green has spent many years at the coalface of language test development and training in a variety of international contexts; this book is the sum of this experience. This book is a fantastic resource for anyone looking to develop listening tests: a highly practical, theoretically-grounded guide for teachers and practitioners everywhere. Green covers a range of important principles and approaches; one highlight is the introduction to the "textmapping" approach to working with sound files. This book is highly recommended for anyone involved in the development of listening tests.” (Luke Harding, Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University, UK)
“As she did in Statistical Analyses for Language Testers, Green combines her extensive experience as a language assessor with her outstanding skills as an educator in creating this authoritative introduction to listening assessment. The engaging, easy-to-follow style of DLT and the richness of practical advice anddetailed, worked-through examples make this an invaluable handbook for anyone engaged in the design, validation, and implementation of listening tests.” (Jeffrey Steele, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada)
“This book focuses on how to design valid and reliable listening assessment tasks in a (foreign) language and is the result of the Rita Green’s extensive expertise in the field of language assessment. Through DLT, language test developers, language teachers, BA and MA pre-service and in-service students of language education and applied linguistics as well as university assessment experts are provided with not only evidence-based research findings, but also practical solutions which can be applied to assessing listening skills.” (Dr. Karmen Pižorn, Associate Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Designing Listening Tests
Book Subtitle: A Practical Approach
Authors: Rita Green
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-68771-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-45715-8Published: 27 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-68773-2Published: 19 September 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-68771-8Published: 20 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 210
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applied Linguistics, Teaching and Teacher Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Language Teaching, Linguistics, general, Language Education