Application of Corpus Analysis Tool in Investigating Listening Proficiency: Under the Perspective of TEM-8 Testing by RANGE

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10.2991/jisem-15.2015.36How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Corpus Analysis Tool; listening proficiency; TEM-8; RANGE

Abstract

With the development of the computer and the processing technology, various text analysis tools have been created. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how students can apply the software RANGE to the test-oriented education, helping them to improve their vocabulary levels in their listening tests. We used qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyze the listening exam items in Test for English Majors-Band 8 (TEM-8) from 1996 to 2010. The main findings are as follows: (1) The frequency of the tokens and types in the entire listening tests is found; (2) The common features in the vocabulary and the language of the listening tests become obvious; (3) The principles and features of the resources of the listening tests are known; and (4) Some of the strategies when taking TEM-8 listening tests should be exerted. This study can not only give some implications in TEM-8 listening testing but also shed some light on the development of students’ English comprehensive ability.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yuting Chen
AU  - Shuang Liang
AU  - Ying Shen
PY  - 2015/12
DA  - 2015/12
TI  - Application of Corpus Analysis Tool in Investigating Listening Proficiency: Under the Perspective of TEM-8 Testing by RANGE
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 Joint International Social Science, Education, Language, Management and Business Conference
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 170
EP  - 172
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/jisem-15.2015.36
DO  - 10.2991/jisem-15.2015.36
ID  - Chen2015/12
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