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What do tests of listening comprehension test? - A retrospection study of EFL test-takers performing a multiple-choice task

Wu Yi'an

Beijing Foreign Studies University, yianwubw{at}public.bta.net.cn

A test-taker’s performance in a listening comprehension test is seen to be a function of at least two variables: his or her listening comprehension ability and the test method. To know how this trait-method unit works, it is necessary to look into the test-taking processes of test-takers. Accordingly, employing an immediate retrospective verbal report procedure, a study was conducted among Chinese EFL test-takers. The test format investigated was multiple-choice. The results identified the subjects’ listening processes leading to comprehension and comprehension breakdowns and captured the effect of the multiple-choice format on the subjects’ test performance. The immediate retrospection research methodology as applied to the test of listening comprehension was explored.

Language Testing, Vol. 15, No. 1, 21-44 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/026553229801500102
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