THE TESTING OF LISTENING IN BILINGUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF COSTA RICA: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE

Despite listening being one of the most crucial skills in the process of communication, research shows that it has been neglected in most English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programs, both worldwide and in Costa Rica. Worse yet, mismatches between theory and practice often result in poor listening a...

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Autores principales: Henry Sevilla Morales, Roy Gamboa Mena
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 2014
Materias:
Educación
LISTENING SKILLS
ENGLISH
TEACHING ENGLISH
TEACHERS
BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOLS
WEST AREA
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
COSTA RICA
Acceso en línea:http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44731371006
http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=cr/cr-006&d=44731371006oai
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Red de Bibliotecas Virtuales de Ciencias Sociales (CLACSO) de Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales
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topic Educación
LISTENING SKILLS
ENGLISH
TEACHING ENGLISH
TEACHERS
BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOLS
WEST AREA
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
COSTA RICA
spellingShingle Educación
LISTENING SKILLS
ENGLISH
TEACHING ENGLISH
TEACHERS
BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOLS
WEST AREA
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
COSTA RICA
Henry Sevilla Morales
Roy Gamboa Mena
THE TESTING OF LISTENING IN BILINGUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF COSTA RICA: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
topic_facet Educación
LISTENING SKILLS
ENGLISH
TEACHING ENGLISH
TEACHERS
BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOLS
WEST AREA
MINISTRY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION
COSTA RICA
description Despite listening being one of the most crucial skills in the process of communication, research shows that it has been neglected in most English as a Foreign Language (EFL) programs, both worldwide and in Costa Rica. Worse yet, mismatches between theory and practice often result in poor listening assessment in many institutions. Thus, this article examined current listening testing practices by Ministry of Public Education (in Spanish, MEP) in-service teachers ranked C1 according to the Common European Framework (CEF) in bilingual secondary schools of the West Area of Costa Rica. Listening tests created and administered by those teachers were analyzed for their compliance with both theory on listening assessment and MEPs guidelines on assessment. The study revealed that even though teachers had previously received training on testing, the tests they created do not fully comply with both MEPs guidelines and theoretical principles on listening assessment. Findings expand conclusions drawn by Gamboa and Sevilla (2013) in previous research on listening assessment and provide several contributions to the current bulk of literature on listening testing practices in Costa Rica. Such conclusions also reveal areas of listening assessment that need to be further tackled through teacher training.
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author Henry Sevilla Morales
Roy Gamboa Mena
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Roy Gamboa Mena
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title THE TESTING OF LISTENING IN BILINGUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF COSTA RICA: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
title_short THE TESTING OF LISTENING IN BILINGUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF COSTA RICA: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
title_full THE TESTING OF LISTENING IN BILINGUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF COSTA RICA: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
title_fullStr THE TESTING OF LISTENING IN BILINGUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF COSTA RICA: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
title_full_unstemmed THE TESTING OF LISTENING IN BILINGUAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF COSTA RICA: BRIDGING GAPS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE
title_sort testing of listening in bilingual secondary schools of costa rica: bridging gaps between theory and practice
publisher Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate 2014
url http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44731371006
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