Listening Comprehension Tests Pertemuan 20

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Listening Comprehension TestsPertemuan 20

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• Tahun ltltTahun Pembuatangtgt

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LISTENING COMPREHENSION TESTS

• Same kind of questions can be used to test
  Listening comprehension as for Reading
  comprehension. The text is read out by the
  teacher as a Listening test.
• DIFFERENCES from Reading Test
• a. the questions should be simpler and not too
  many.
• b. in reading, students can keep referring back
  to the text, but in listening they have to retain
  what they hear in their minds. So, the text
  itself should also be fairly short.
• c. in listening, we can test students ability
  to recognize words and phrases which would
  present no problem in reading. So, we could
  include questions which can be answered directly
  from the text.
• d. if the main aim is to test listening skill,
  we should avoid giving students too much to
  write.

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QUESTION TYPES

• TESTING EXTENSIVE LISTENING SKILLS
• 1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
• 2. Short Answer Questions (SAQs)
• 3. Information Transfer Techniques

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• TESTING INTENSIVE LISTENING
• E.g. Dictation
• Advantages Disadvantages
• (1). it gives results similar to those obtained
  from Cloze tests.
• (2). in predicting the overall ability, it has
  the advantage of involving listening ability.
• (3). It is easy to create and to administer.
• (4). It is certainly not easy to score.
• (5). If the dictation is not recorded on tape,
  the test will be less reliable, as there will be
  differences in, e.g., the speed of delivery of
  the text to different audiences.

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LISTENING SKILLS

• 1. MACRO - SKILLS include
• Listening for specific information
• Obtaining gist of what is being said.
• Following directions
• Following instructions
• 2. MICRO SKILLS include
• Interpretation of intonation patterns (
  recognition of sarcasm, etc)
• Recognition of function of structures ( such as
  interrogative as request, for example could you
  pass the salt ?).