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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"L2 listening"”.
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Construct Validation of a Diagnostic L2 Listening Test: An Operational Model Utilized and Multidimensionality Issues Revisited
The present study was exploratory to bring a new perspective to multidimensionality issues in language testing. It encouraged testing experts to revisit the issues of multidimensionality from the perspective of test users' views. It argues for the meaningfulness of test users' needs and wants to …
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Diagnosing L2 English Learners’ Listening comprehension abilities with Scripted and Unscripted Listening Texts
L2 listening research has moved toward a focus on understanding the process of listening. However, there are still few detailed studies of L2 listening that reveal learners’ comprehension processes when listening to scripted and unscripted listening texts. Studies in which such processing has been …
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Investigating the listening construct underlying listening-to-summarize tasks
… language skills in task performance, e.g., listening-speaking or listening-reading-speaking, are increasingly being used in second language assessment, including in high-stakes English exams such as the TOEFL iBT and PTE Academic. Although recent studies (Plakans, 2008; Sawaki, Quinlan, & …
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ASSESSING L2 CHINESE LISTENING USING AUTHENTICATED SPOKEN TEXTS
… of using authenticated spoken texts to test L2 Chinese listening comprehension. The spoken texts used in the study were created using an “authenticating” technique, in which scripted spoken Chinese texts were infused with characteristics of real-world, unscripted spoken Chinese. In the first …