This volume examines the nature of second language listening proficiency and how it can be assessed. The book highlights the need for test developers to provide

This book explores the effectiveness of listen-to-summarize tasks as a tool to assess lecture comprehension ability. It especially focuses on listen-to-summariz

Although listening is central to human interaction, its importance is often ignored. In the rush to speak and be heard, it is easy to neglect listening and disr

This book provides language teachers with guidelines to develop suitable listening tests

The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Second Language Acquisition is the first reference work of its kind. The handbook contains twenty contributions from leading e