Using Video For Listening Assessment: Opinions of Test-Takers

Abstract

This article reports on the researcher's use of video for listening comprehension in material design and test construction and discusses a survey questionnaire that solicited test-takers' views about video-mediated listening assessment in a tertiary institution in Tokyo. The results of the survey were to be used to justify (or not) the inclusion of video as a mode of presentation for listening assessment and to inform test designers of issues to consider for improving future video test design. It was found that the learners liked video in listening comprehension tests and preferred video tests over audio cassette tests. The findings will lead to further consideration and research in video-mediated assessment instruments.