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Assessing L2 listening : moving towards authenticity /

"This book is relevant for language testers, listening researchers, and oral proficiency teachers, in that it explores four broad themes related to the assessment of L2 listening ability: the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts; the effects of different speech varieties of listening input...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ockey, Gary J. (Autor, Editor ), Wagner, Elvis (Autor, Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Colección:Language learning and language teaching ; v. 50.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An overview of the use of authentic, real-world spoken texts on L2 listening tests / Elvis Wagner and Gary J. Ockey
  • A comparison of L2 listening performance on tests with scripted or authenticated spoken texts / Elvis Wagner
  • Connected-speech dictations for testing listening / James Dean Brown and Jonathan Trace
  • An overview of the issue of using different types of speech varieties as listening inputs in L2 listening assessment / Gary J. Ockey and Elvis Wagner
  • Reliability and sources of score variance in a strength of accent measure / Gary J. Ockey
  • Listening to an unfamiliar accent: exploring difficulty, strategy use, and evidence of adaptation on listening assessment tasks / Luke Harding
  • Different varieties of world Englishes : perceptual judgments and speech characteristics / Okim Kang and Megan Moran
  • An overview of the use of audio-visual texts on L2 listening tests / Elvis Wagner and Gary J. Ockey
  • Test takers' use of visual information in an L2 video-mediated listening test: evidence from cued retrospective reporting / Ruslan Suvorov
  • Investigating the impact of nonverbal communication cues on listening item types / Aaron Olaf Batty
  • An overview of interactive listening as part of the construct of interactive and integrated oral test tasks / Gary J. Ockey and Elvis Wagner
  • The degree to which it matters if an oral test task requires listening / Gary J. Ockey
  • Investigating examiner interventions in relation to the listening demands they make on candidates in oral interview tests / Fumiyo Nakatsuhara
  • A measurement model for listen-speak tasks / Ikkyu Choi and Youngsoon So.