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Testing Listening Comprehension in the Context of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2008

Dan Douglas
Dan Douglas
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Iowa State University
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This article discusses issues related to the testing of listening comprehension in the context of the 1986 ACTFL proficiency guidelines (American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 1987). After a review of current research on listening comprehension and development of listening tests, four issues are singled out for more detailed consideration: the meaning of context in listening testing, the concept of criterion-referenced tests, the notion of specific purposes in testing, and the use of technology in listening tests. A number of research issues are also discussed.

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Studies in Second Language Acquisition , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 1988 , pp. 245 - 261
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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