DEVELOPING A CEFR-BASED ANALYSIS GRID FOR LISTENING TASKS AND ITEMS

Authors

  • Adriana TODEA Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Letters, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: atodea@yahoo.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2019.4.09

Keywords:

comprehension threshold, input text, task, item, problem-solving operations.

Abstract

Developing a Cefr-Based Analysis Grid for Listening Tasks and Items. Assessing listening abilities in a foreign language on CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages) standards requires that clear correlations be drawn between CEFR listening comprehension descriptors and the features of the input text and items of specific listening tasks. A CEFR-based analysis grid designed to assess listening tasks and items provides a useful tool of consistent measurement of the conformity of a specific task and its items to the level of proficiency they claim to assess. The present paper analyzes components of the listening comprehension construct in language test situations and builds discriminating scales based on graduating features isolated from CEFR relevant descriptors.

Rezumat. Evaluarea competenţelor de înţelegere-ascultare într-o limbă straină pe baza standardelor CECRL (Cadrul European Comun de Referinţă pentru Limbi) necesită corelări clare între descriptorii specifici competenţei de ascultare şi caracteristicile textului sursă şi a itemilor exerciţiului de ascultare. O grilă de analiză a cerinţelor unui test de ascultare poate fi un mijloc de măsurare consecventă a conformităţii cerinţei şi a itemilor aferenţi cu nivelul de competenţă lingvistică pe care prezumăm că aceștia îl testează. Acest articol analizează componentele proceselor de comprehensiune a ascultării în situaţii de testare lingvistică şi sunt construite grile graduale pe baza caracteristicilor extrase din descriptori relevanţi ai CECRL.

Cuvinte cheie: prag de comprehensiune, textul sursă, cerinţă, item, operaţii de rezolvare a problemei

Author Biography

Adriana TODEA, Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Letters, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. E-mail: atodea@yahoo.com

Adriana Todea, PhD, Babeş-Bolyai University; lecturer at the English Department; language test developer at the ALPHA Centre of Modern Languages of the Faculty of Letters. E-mail: atodea@yahoo.com

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Published

2019-12-15

How to Cite

TODEA, A. (2019). DEVELOPING A CEFR-BASED ANALYSIS GRID FOR LISTENING TASKS AND ITEMS. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Philologia, 64(4), 157–168. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbphilo.2019.4.09

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