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Designing Listening Tests: A Practical Approach
Rita Green
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Description for Designing Listening Tests: A Practical Approach
Hardback. Num Pages: 210 pages, 39 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, 2 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: CJA; JNKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 432.
This book examines the crucial role that sound file selection plays in assessing listening ability and introduces the reader to the procedure of textmapping, which explores how to exploit a sound file. The book discusses the role of the task identifier, the task instructions and the example, and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of different test methods. Guidelines for developing listening items, and procedures that can be used in peer review and task revision are also provided. A range of sample listening tasks illustrates the benefits of following the test development approach described in the book. Developing Listening Tests also ... Read more
This book examines the crucial role that sound file selection plays in assessing listening ability and introduces the reader to the procedure of textmapping, which explores how to exploit a sound file. The book discusses the role of the task identifier, the task instructions and the example, and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of different test methods. Guidelines for developing listening items, and procedures that can be used in peer review and task revision are also provided. A range of sample listening tasks illustrates the benefits of following the test development approach described in the book. Developing Listening Tests also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137457158
SKU
V9781137457158
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Ref
99-15
About Rita Green
Rita Green is a Visiting Teaching Fellow and Course Director of Language Testing at Lancaster University, UK. She is an expert in the field of language testing and has trained test development teams in numerous projects around the world including those in the fields of education, diplomacy, air traffic control and the military.
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