Assessment of Listening

Valid assessment of listening comes with many challenges and unresolved issues. A variety of types of input and tasks for assessing comprehension have been used, all of which have strengths and limitations. The quality of listening assessments should be evaluated based on the purpose of the test, the characteristics of the test takers, and the context in which the assessment will be given. Developing computer technology continues to increase the potential for item types that can better assess listening, but comes with its own challenges. Current challenges associated with listening include disagreement in the field about the extent to which visual information should accompany the audio input and the degree to which listening should be assessed with the aim of excluding other language abilities, such as oral production. Because all listening assessments have inherent strengths and weaknesses, test developers and users must agree on the listening construct that they desire to assess, and then use input and item types that will best assess it.

Active listening · Construct (python library) · Construct validity · Context (archaeology) · Developmental psychology · Informational listening · Listening comprehension · Psychometrics · Quality (philosophy) · Strengths and weaknesses · Test (biology) · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Communication · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Psychology · Social Psychology · Speech and dialogue systems

• Assessing Listening

  Open Access•Gary Buck•Assessing Listening•2001

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• The Effects of Listeners' Control of Speech Rate on Second Language Comprehension

  Yingqi Zhao•Applied Linguistics•1997

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• Interactional Competence across Proficiency Levels

  Evelina D Galaczi•Applied Linguistics•2014

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• From One to Multiple Accents on a Test of L2 Listening Comprehension

  Gary J Ockey, Robert French et al.•Applied Linguistics•2016

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• A meta-analysis of test format effects on reading and listening test performance

  Open Access•Yo In''Nami, Yo In'Nami et al.•Language Testing•2009

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• Exploring task difficulty in ESL listening assessment

  Open Access•Geoff Brindley, Helen Slatyer•Language Testing•2002

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• Does the text matter in a multiple-choice test of comprehension? the case for the construct validity of Toefl's minitalks

  Open Access•Roy Freedle, Irene Kostin•Language Testing•1999

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• Do divisible subskills exist in second language (L2) comprehension? A structural equation modeling approach

  Open Access•Min-Young Song, Min‐Young Song•Language Testing•2008

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• Assessing paired orals

  Open Access•Ana Maria Ducasse, Annie Brown•Language Testing•2009

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• The effect of prior knowledge on EAP listening-test performance

  Open Access•Christine Jensen, Christa Hansen•Language Testing•1995

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• The effect of the use of video texts on ESL listening test-taker performance

  Open Access•Elvis Wagner•Language Testing•2010

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• Comparability of a paper-based language test and a computer-based language test

  Open Access•Inn-Chull Choi, Kyoung Sung Kim et al.•Language Testing•2003

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• What do tests of listening comprehension test? - A retrospection study of EFL test-takers performing a multiple-choice task

  Open Access•Wu Yi'an, Yi’an Wu•Language Testing•1998

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• The use of eye tracking in research on video-based second language (L2) listening assessment

  Open Access•Ruslan Suvorov•Language Testing•2015

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• Context and content visuals and performance on listening comprehension stimuli

  Open Access•April Ginther•Language Testing•2002

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• Construct implications of including still image or video in computer-based listening tests

  Open Access•Gary J Ockey•Language Testing•2007

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• Accent, listening assessment and the potential for a shared-L1 advantage

  Open Access•Luke Harding•Language Testing•2012

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• The use of audio or video comprehension as an assessment instrument in the certification of English language teachers

  Open Access•David Coniam•System•2001

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• To show or not to show

  Open Access•Kozo Yanagawa, Anthony Green•System•2008

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• The Effects of Nonnative Accents on Listening Comprehension

  Roy C Major, Susan F Fitzmaurice et al.•TESOL Quarterly•2002

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• Sandhi‐variation

  Open Access•Lynn E Henrichsen, Lynn Henrichsen•Language Learning•1984

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• The Role of Gestures and Facial Cues in Second Language Listening Comprehension

  Open Access•Ayano Sueyoshi, Debra M Hardison•Language Learning•2005

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• Testing the Effects of Regional, Ethnic, and International Dialects of English on Listening Comprehension

  Open Access•Roy C Major, Susan Fitzmaurice et al.•Language Learning•2005

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• Misunderstanding of academic monologues by nonnative speakers of English

  Open Access•Euen Hyuk Jung, Euen Hyuk Sarah Jung•Journal of Pragmatics•2006

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