The Impact of Using Listening Triangle Strategy on Iraqi College Student’s Achievement in Language Assessment Courses
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https://doi.org/10.61710/gr1qkd47Keywords:
The Listening Triangle, Strategy, Language Assessment, AchievementAbstract
Objectives: The present study examines the efficacy of using the Listening Triangle Strategy (LTS) to increase the knowledge acquisition and comprehension of Iraqi college students who are studying English, which is an assessment-based course.
Method: A quasi-experiment was conducted to achieve the goals of the present study. The veracity of its results was determined using T scores. The participants were fourth-year English language students at the Imam Al-Kadhum College in the 2023-2024 academic year. Sixty students were selected and randomly divided into two groups. Group A, the experimental group with 30 students, used the LTS for their studies, while Group B, also with 30 students, served as the control group and followed traditional learning methods. To meet the study's goals, researchers developed a 10-item multiple-choice test on assessment topics, ensuring its validity and reliability.
Results: The results of the post-test revealed that Group A (277) scored significantly higher than Group B (25.2). This difference was statistically significant. Therefore, the proposed null hypothesis was unsupported, while the alternate hypothesis was supported. Therefore, the LTS can help students improve their listening and speaking skills which, in turn, increases their comprehension of assessment-based topics.
Conclusion: The research showed that it is crucial to teach evaluation subjects through the LTS, and additional courses need to focus on implementing this method in public schooling.
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Appendixes (A ) pre-test
Q./Choose the correct answer
It seeks to provide evidence of the learning outcomes for reporting and decision-making purposes.
a. alternative assessment b. summative assessment b. formative assessment
These are easier to mark than to set and permit a wide coverage.
a. subjective questions b. objective questions c. semi-objective questions
Students are required to show their understanding to the materials that are presented by selecting the right boxes.
a. grid b. labeling c. gap filling
It requires the students to combine many elements when completing the task.
a. discrete test b. holistic test c. indirect test
There is no real distinction between test and exercise in:
a. easy translation approach b. structural approach c. communicative approach
Is used for measuring the ability to identify the correctness of statements, facts ect.
a. odd one out b. matching c. true/ false
Criterion reference assessments are concerned with
a. content of the test b. interpretation of the scoring of test c. developing of the test.
The best example of an open ended format is
a. composition writing b. MCQ c. matching questions
In multiple choice items, the initial part of the item is:
a. correct answer b. incorrect choices c. stem
“Underline the incorrect word’’ such question form can be used in
a. transformation b. matching c. error recognition
Appendixes (B ) post-test
Q./ Answer with (true) or (false) and correct the false ones.
Informal assessment is large scale test and administered in controlled environment.
Within essay –translation approach the tests were mainly spoken exercises.
Gap filling is useful for testing student’s ability to produce sentences by changing sentence structure from into another.
There is no real distinction between test and exercise in structural approach of testing.
Even though we use communicative language approach in teaching and assessment, the majority of tests still adhere to the structural approach.
Guided writing question is an example of RRQ.
Informal assessment is large scale test and administered in controlled environment.
Within essay –translation approach the tests were mainly spoken exercises
The scoring of open ended questions take a long time.
Rearrangement testing technique can successfully measure a student's syntactic and semantic command of the language.
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