Rethinking the Second Language Listening Test: From Theory to Practice

by John Field

Book Overview

Rethinking the Second Language Listening Test argues that the key to more valid testing of second language listening lies in a better understanding of the nature of the skill and of the signal that listeners have to decode. Using this information as a point of departure, it takes a critical look at many of the myths and conventions behind listening tests and provides practical suggestions as to the ways in which they might be rethought.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781797153
• ISBN13: 9781781797150
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher