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Chapter Three: Investigating Context
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Young, Richard F. – Language Learning, 2008
This chapter begins with the statement that all talk happens somewhere, somehow, at some time and is produced by somebody for some purpose, and the approach that practice theorists have taken is that talk and its context are inseparable. The challenges that face an analyst of practice are then to describe the context, describe the talk, and…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Learning Experience, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
Listening Comprehension: Construct Validity and Trait Characteristics.
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Buck, Gary – Language Learning, 1992
Conflicting evidence regarding listening comprehension as a separate trait in language proficiency is reviewed. Two studies conducted in Japan are presented that use the multitrait-multimethod methodology to examine the construct validity of the listening trait. (74 references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis, Language Proficiency