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Peer reviewedDouglas, Dan – Applied Language Learning, 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…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Listening Comprehension Tests, Listening Skills, Test Construction
Direct linkSpooner, A. L. R.; Baddeley, A. D.; Gathercole, S. E. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2004
Background: The Neale Analysis of Reading Ability (NARA) (Neale, 1997) is widely used in education and research. It provides measures of reading accuracy (decoding) and comprehension, which are frequently interpreted separately. Aims: Three studies were conducted to investigate the degree to which the NARA measures could be separated. Samples:…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Silent Reading, Reading Ability, Listening Comprehension
Morley, Joan – ESL Magazine, 1999
Discusses the importance of aural comprehension in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learning, examining the history ESL aural-comprehension instruction; the importance of reviewing the status of aural-comprehension activities in ESL curriculum; and the importance of reviewing additional aspects of the program. Four aural-comprehension…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Listening Comprehension
Peer reviewedKontru, Miklos – English Language Teaching Journal, 1981
Describes the history and present state of teaching English in Hungary. The status of English is discussed, along with the study done by the International Association of the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. The study, in part, investigated achievement in Hungarian English classes. Educational policy and teacher training are also discussed.…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Proficiency
Download full textMattox, Robert J.; Hurt, David J. – 1987
Listening is an extremely important dimension of a counselor's vocational life. The counselor is constantly involved in the process of listening. Verbal and nonverbal messages sent by clients must be received, interpreted, and organized. Counselors need to be active in listening to clients and critical in their analysis of the messages being…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cognitive Style, Communication Skills, Counselor Characteristics
Haeusser, Christiane – Travaux de l'Institut de Phonetique d'Aix, 1978
The test described here is a particular type of diagnostic test; it is part of a series of tests designed to explore systematically areas of potential lexical difficulty in the English language for French-speaking students of English. The lexical units are considered under their formal, morphological, syntactic and semantic aspects. The test has…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diagnostic Tests, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Croft, Kenneth, Ed. – 1980
Thirty-five articles on teaching English as a second language are presented under the following headings: (1) "Trends and Practices," (2) "The Matter of Errors," (3) "Second Language Acquisition," (4) "Speaking and Understanding," (5) "Reading and Writing," (6) "Vocabulary," (7) "Testing," and (8) "The Matter of Culture." Authors include Clifford…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adult Education, Adult Students, Affective Behavior
