Rethinking the Second Language Listening Test

• Autor: John Field
• Wydawnictwo: Equinox Publishing
• Rok wydania: 2019
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Format: 163x240 mm
• Objętość: 160 str.
• Stan: Bardzo dobry. Nowa (książka może posiadać delikatne przytarcia oraz niewielkie zagniecenia).
• ISBN: 9781781797143

Testing second language listening proficiency validly and reliably has always posed a challenge. In the days before the widespread availability of recorded material, tests were reliant upon the voice of the examiner. Each test administration was a uniquephonetic event, with enormous variations of delivery between examiners and even within the performance of a single examiner on different occasions. The presentation was read-aloud, and the texts chosen were often those that had been written to be read (including literary extracts). The resulting input to test takers bore little resemblance to natural connected speech.