A Comparative Study Of Validity On Selected Response And Constructed Response In Listening Comprehension Tests

With the development of foreign language education in China, thecomprehensive ability of English of listening, speaking, reading and writing gainsmore and more concern of students, teachers and even the whole society. Various testsabout listening comprehension came one after another. A large number of testingtypes have appeared in many tests. However, all of these testing types can beconcluded into two main categories. One is the selected response question, and theother is the constructed response question. The former refers to the multiple choicesand true or false question. It is called selected response question on account of the testitself, which does not need the testees to show their own creative answers. They justchose the answers which they regard best. The latter mainly refers to the blanks fillingand dictation question. We call it constructed response question is because that thiskind of test requires students to write the answers by themselves. Without doubt, thetwo types have their distinct features, especially for the validity. The thesis aims tomake a conclusion that the testing validity is different between them through theinvestigation and analysis on the students in senior high school.In this paper, Chapter One is introduction, which chiefly talks something aboutbackground of research and significance of research. Chapter Two is literature review,which introduces the definition of validity and related terms; the theoreticalfoundation of validity; types of listening test; theoretical foundation of listening test.Chapter Three is methodology, which mainly concludes research questions, subjects,instruments, and procedure. Chapter Four is about results and discussions, whichconsist of result of test results, questionnaire and in-depth interview. Chapter Five isconclusion, which is concerned on major findings, limitations and suggestions forfuture studies as well as implication of the research. In the end of the paper, there arebibliography and appendix for detail reading.To sum up, the purpose of this paper is finding out the difference of validitybetween selected response question and constructed response question. It is expectedthat the result will be helpful for the English listening learning and teaching.