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Moving forward to Communicative Proficiency: A Comparison between CET-4 Listening Comprehension Tests and IELTS Listening Subtest

Journal of language teaching and research, 2014-11, Vol.5 (6), p.1322 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright Academy Publisher Nov 2014 ;ISSN: 1798-4769 ;EISSN: 2053-0684 ;DOI: 10.4304/jltr.5.6.1322-1327

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  • Title:
    Moving forward to Communicative Proficiency: A Comparison between CET-4 Listening Comprehension Tests and IELTS Listening Subtest
  • Author: Yu, Qinglan ; Zhao, Yushan
  • Subjects: College students ; Communication ; Communicative competence ; Curricula ; Design ; Designers ; Education ; Electric power ; English as an international language ; Globalization ; Higher education ; International languages ; Language ; Language tests ; Listening comprehension ; Questionnaires ; Research subjects ; Researchers ; Students ; Study abroad ; Teaching ; Validity
  • Is Part Of: Journal of language teaching and research, 2014-11, Vol.5 (6), p.1322
  • Description: The current research attempts to compare the specific degrees of communicative properties of two types of College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) listening comprehension (before and after 2006 reform) in the light of International English Language Test System (IELTS) listening subtest. This paper also tries to explore on to what extent 2006 reform has improved the communicative proficiency of CET-4 in terms of listening test. Based on quantitative and qualitative methods, it makes a comparative analysis between three listening subtests: old CET-4, new CET-4, and IELTS. Research subjects are 121 students from an international joint education program in a university in Beijing. Students' performances are recorded and analyzed, together with a questionnaire survey. The present research finds that listening comprehension in new CET-4 has high degree of similarity with that in IELTS, particularly, in testing of English communicative competence. With substantial amount of communicative properties, the new CET-4 is a valid tool to measure student's listening proficiency.
  • Publisher: London: Academy Publication Co., Ltd
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1798-4769
    EISSN: 2053-0684
    DOI: 10.4304/jltr.5.6.1322-1327
  • Source: Alma/SFX Local Collection
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