Testing Listening Comprehension in the Context of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.

Douglas, Dan

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Publication Date: 1989

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Testing Listening Comprehension in the Context of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.

Douglas, Dan

Applied Language Learning, v1 n1 p53-73 Spr 1989

Discusses the issues related to the testing of listening comprehension in the context of the 1986 American Council Teaching Foreign Language Proficiency Guidelines. Four issues are singled out: the meaning of context in testing listening; the concept of criterion-referenced tests; the notion of specific purposes in testing; and the use of technology in listening tests. (58 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills, Test Construction, Test Content, Testing Problems

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