Exploring difficulty, strategy use, and evidence of adaptation on listening assessment tasks: Chapter 7. Listening to an unfamiliar accent

Harding, Luke

doi:10.1075/lllt.50.07har

In:Assessing L2 Listening: Moving towards authenticity
Gary J. Ockey and Elvis Wagner
[Language Learning & Language Teaching 50] 2018
► pp. 97–112

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Chapter 7
Listening to an unfamiliar accent

Exploring difficulty, strategy use, and evidence of adaptation on listening assessment tasks

Luke Harding | Lancaster University

Published online: 8 August 2018

https://doi.org/10.1075/lllt.50.07har

Article outline

Methodology
- Test materials
- Speakers
- Listeners
- Approach and procedures
- Data analysis
Results
- Extent of PAIREs for unfamiliar and familiar accents
- The nature of listening difficulty reported in PAIREs
  - General intelligibility
  - Input decoding
  - Word recognition/segmentation
  - Distraction/wrong-footing
- Strategy use
  - Directed attention
  - Selective attention
  - Comprehension monitoring
  - Inferencing
- Evidence of adaptation
Discussion
- Summary and implications
- Limitations and future research
Note
Acknowledgements

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Chapter 7Listening to an unfamiliar accent

Exploring difficulty, strategy use, and evidence of adaptation on listening assessment tasks

Cited by six other publications

Chapter 7
Listening to an unfamiliar accent