listening comprehension
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflistenandcomprehension
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listen
noun[S]
uk/ˈlɪs.ən/us/ˈlɪs.ən/
the act of listening ...
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comprehension
noun
uk/ˌkɒm.prɪˈhen.ʃən/us/ˌkɑːm.prəˈhen.ʃən/
the ability to understand completely and be familiar with a situation, ...
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(Definition oflistenandcomprehensionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflistening comprehension
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They were tested by means of a discrete-itemlisteningcomprehensiontest and a discrete-item written production test.
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One child, for example, may have a core deficit in phonological awareness but stronglisteningcomprehensionand oral vocabulary.
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He states that captioned films can narrow the gap between students' reading comprehension ability and both theirlisteningcomprehensionand ability to discuss such matters.
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Responses to the motivation questionnaire were also correlated with listening proficiency, as determined by alisteningcomprehensiontest.
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Alisteningcomprehensionpassage was made available in a computer laborator y along with different types of support for key items of vocabulary.
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Listeningcomprehensionis seen as an inferential process involving the interaction between both linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge.
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The only way to find out whether students are using selective attention during alisteningcomprehensiontask is to ask them.
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The recall and rating procedures were the same as those used in thelisteningcomprehensiontasks.
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Listeningcomprehensiontest scores are used to determine the success of an experiment with two groups of learners.
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Listeningcomprehensionin the language for which literacy was being predicted was then added to the analyses to control for the effects of language competence.
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Thelisteningcomprehensiontests consisted of 12 items, 2 of which were distractors.
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Listeningcomprehensionand working memory are impaired in attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder irrespective of language impairment.
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Statistical significance of thelisteningcomprehensionscores from the exercises could not be established.
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Students were classified into respective g roups according to the results of alisteningcomprehensiontest.
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Statistically significant gains were found in the participants' performance in thelisteningcomprehensiontests.
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Listeningcomprehensionis an important language skill to develop.
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Listeningcomprehensioninvolving dynamic cognitive mental processes is invisible and can only be measured by the listeners' reconstruction of the message they have heard.
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Listeningcomprehensionis a difficult skill for foreign language learners to develop and for their teachers to assess.
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Using news broadcasts for authenticlisteningcomprehension.
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