Assessing Listening and Speaking Skills. ERIC Digest.

Mead, Nancy A.; Rubin, Donald L.

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Title: Assessing Listening and Speaking Skills. ERIC Digest.

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Title:	Assessing Listening and Speaking Skills. ERIC Digest.
Authors:	Mead, Nancy A.; Rubin, Donald L.
Descriptors:	Communication Skills; Elementary Secondary Education; Listening Comprehension Tests; Listening Skills; Nonverbal Communication; Speech Communication; Speech Skills; Student Evaluation; Test Construction; Test Reliability; Test Selection; Testing
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Publication Date:	1985-00-00
Pages:	3
Pub Types:	ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text
Abstract:	Intended for administrators and policymakers as well as teachers, this digest explores methods of listening and speaking skills assessment. The digest first provides a rationale for teaching and assessing listening and speaking skills. It then examines definitions of oral communication and listening, noting (1) the trend toward defining oral communication by setting, by purpose, or in terms of basic competencies; and (2) an expanded definition of listening that includes critical and nonverbal listening skills. Next, the digest discusses how speaking skills are assessed, explaining observational and structured approaches and their respective rating systems, and touching on the effects of rater reliability. The digest also discusses how listening skills are assessed, expanding on the three important elements in all listening tests: the listening stimuli, the questions used, and the test environment. Finally, the digest explores how assessment instruments should be selected or designed, noting that selection depends upon the purpose for the assessment, and providing guidelines for various purposes. (HTH)
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Identifiers:	ERIC Digests
Record Type:	Non-Journal
Level:	1 - Available on microfiche
Institutions:	ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills, Urbana, IL.
Sponsors:	National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC.
ISBN:	N/A
ISSN:	N/A
Audiences:	Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
Languages:	English
Education Level:	Elementary Secondary Education

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