This paper aims to explore the construct validity of long dialogue multiple-choice (MC) listening comprehension tests through examining the retrospective verbal reports of eight Chinese EFL test-takers at tertiary lev...This paper aims to explore the construct validity of long dialogue multiple-choice (MC) listening comprehension tests through examining the retrospective verbal reports of eight Chinese EFL test-takers at tertiary level. It is found that the grammatical knowledge, discourse knowledge, pragmatic knowledge and sociolinguistic knowledge of language competence and all the cognitive and metacognitive strategies proposed in the framework of listening constructs are measured in the tests, which supports the constr...展开更多
基金a small part of the research project"A Chronological Study of the CET Washback"(07BYY030)supported by the National Philosophy and Social Science Foundation of China . The teamleader is Gu Xiangdong.
文摘This paper aims to explore the construct validity of long dialogue multiple-choice (MC) listening comprehension tests through examining the retrospective verbal reports of eight Chinese EFL test-takers at tertiary level. It is found that the grammatical knowledge, discourse knowledge, pragmatic knowledge and sociolinguistic knowledge of language competence and all the cognitive and metacognitive strategies proposed in the framework of listening constructs are measured in the tests, which supports the constr...