The use of interactive input in EAP listening assessment  

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Read, John

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of English for Academic Purposes (Full Text) vol. 1 no. 2 (2002), page 105–119.
Fulltext: Read_John.pdf (147.8KB)

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The assessment of listening comprehension for academic purposes is an area which has not received much attention from researchers. This article focuses on the form of the input for EAP listening tests. While there is a great deal of interest currently in the use of visual media for listening assessment, it is likely that tests with purely auditory input will continue to have a significant role. The article reports on the development of a test in two audiotaped versions: a scripted monologue and an unscripted discussion of the same topic by three speakers. The test was administered to two matched groups of learners taking an intensive pre-sessional EAP course. In contrast to the results of an earlier study by Shohamy and Inbar [Langugage Testing 8 (1991) 23], it was found that the monologue version was significantly less difficult than the discussion. Various possible reasons for the difference in findings are presented and the article concludes with a consideration of what can be learned from the research for the design of listening test tasks with interactive input.

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