Designing Listening Tests : A Practical Approach

This book examines the crucial role that sound file selection plays in assessing listening ability and introduces the reader to the procedure of textmapping, which explores how to exploit a sound file. The book discusses the role of the task identifier, the task instructions and the example, and ana...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Green, Rita (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781349687718
DOI10.1057/978-1-349-68771-8
Physical DescriptionXX, 210 p. 42 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: What is involved in assessing listening?
  • Chapter 2: How can test specifications help?
  • Chapter 3: How do we exploit sound files?
  • Chapter 4: How do we develop a listening task?
  • Chapter 5: What makes a good listening task?
  • Chapter 6: How do we know our listening tasks work?
  • Chapter 7: How do we report scores and set pass marks?.