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Testing via news videos: an exploratory study
Author(s) -
Jing Zhang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/j.1473-4192.2009.00236.x
Subject(s) - automatic summarization , active listening , listening comprehension , task (project management) , test (biology) , psychology , exploratory research , comprehension , multimedia , computer science , cognitive psychology , natural language processing , communication , engineering , paleontology , systems engineering , sociology , anthropology , biology , programming language
This case study investigated five test‐takers' use of news videos in a listening‐to‐summarize task, and the extent to which the different strategies they employed in processing the visual and the audio elements of the videos affected their performance. It reports the significant features of the visual and audio elements that the test‐takers made use of, and the interaction between these elements and test‐takers' personal characteristics and summarization performance. Data was collected via verbal reports and follow‐up interviews. A discussion of the findings follows in connection with the use of videos in testing and teaching listening comprehension skills, and suggestions for future research are made.