Abstract
<p class="0abstract"><span lang="EN-US">The use of new digital formats in language learning and testing improves both the learning and acquisition skills development process of language tests. The process of listening comprehension is considered one of the most complex in the field of Computer Aided Learning Language (CALL) because it relates to multimodal learning channels and brain sound perception in an unfamiliar communication environment (the foreign language) for the learner. This article stresses the possibilities of using binaural sound in the design and implementation of tests as well as the cognitive issues that might be involved in the process of learning and assessment of a foreign language.</span></p>
Highlights
Listening in a foreign language is a daily activity for most people around the world
It an essential sense to perceive the world around us. It is a critical matter in foreign languages (FL) where the communication environment is usually unfamiliar to the speaker and even more when the listener’s FL competence is low
This paper describes how binaural audio could enhance perception in a listening comprehension test in foreign language learning, by recreating the same audio conditions in the real world and how to implement it in the design of this type of tasks in an aptitude exam
Summary
Listening in a foreign language is a daily activity for most people around the world. It an essential sense to perceive the world around us It is a critical matter in foreign languages (FL) where the communication environment is usually unfamiliar to the speaker and even more when the listener’s FL competence is low. If we focus on listening in a new language, the process is more complex than merely perceiving sound, because knowing a language involves other skills such as grammatical use, pronunciation and the understanding and apprehension of the scene that which are instrumental supports in comprehension in a foreign language. Communication helps to understand most sensations we get from real world environment, such as sounds that come from different sources, speakers’ positions, one’s own sound objects, musical instruments, etc. This paper describes how binaural audio could enhance perception in a listening comprehension test in foreign language learning, by recreating the same audio conditions in the real world and how to implement it in the design of this type of tasks in an aptitude exam
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