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...
This book challenges received ideas about the teaching of second language listening, and offers a radical alternative based on a true understanding of the listening process.
Assuming no prior knowledge, books in the series offer an accessible overview of the subject, with activities, study questions, commentaries and key readings - all in the same volume. The innovative and flexible two-dimensional structure is built around...