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The present study, conducted at a large public Midwestern university in the United States in Spring 2008, investigated the influence of context visuals, namely a single photograph and video, on test-takers’ performance on a computer-based listening test developed specifically for this study. The test, consisting of six listening passages and 30 multiple-choice questions, was administered to 34 international students from three English listening classes. In particular, the study examined whether test-takers performed differently on three parts of the listening test: a part with a single photograph, a videomediated part, and an audio-only part. In addition, the study explored whether the participants performed significantly better on the part of the listening test with their preferred type of visual input than on the other parts of the test. The results indicated that while there was no significant difference between the scores for photo-mediated and audio-only parts of the listening test, the scores on the video-enhanced part of the listening test were significantly lower. The comparison of participants’ scores on the part of the listening test with their preferred type of visual input with the scores on the other parts of the test yielded mixed findings.

Context visuals in L2 listening tests: the effectiveness of photographs and video vs. audio-only format