Self-Assessed Online Listening Tests (SAOLT): Learn and Practise Listening Skills Independently

Self-Assessed Online Listening Tests or SAOLT is an award-winning Open Educational Resource (OER) formulated based on RACQAIL attributes. SAOLT, licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, allows ESL learners to practise their listening skills in a test format. Three types of listening test videos are news items, talk, and conversation.

Each listening test video type has two questions labelled a and b. The number of questions for each type of listening test video is different: news items (5 questions), talk (8 questions), and conversation (7 questions). Each question has three options: A, B, and C. The listening tips and videos are as follows.

A. Listening Tips Solutions

If you are a learner, you can put your answers in the Comments section below the video on the YouTube channel; you can access the YouTube channel by clicking the video title at the top left corner of the video. Later, you can check your answers through the Reply of the Comments. If you are an instructor, use these videos in your listening lessons. You may click HERE to access the suggested answer keys for all the tests and click HERE to find the listening video playlist. Please give a like to the video if you find it beneficial. Below are the guidelines before attempting each test:

1. View the video in full-screen mode to read the questions easily.

2. When you listen for the first time, do not listen and answer simultaneously.

3. When you listen, the first round is to understand the whole idea, which is when you may initially determine the possible answers.

4. It would help if you began answering when you listened for the second time to ensure you do not miss any information needed to answer the other questions.

5. The second round of listening is to confirm the accuracy of the answers you have determined earlier.

6. Please do not type your answers in brief like A,B,C,D,A; you should type like 1.A, 2.B, 3.C, 4.D & 5.A for instance.

a. News Items

1. Set 1a

2. Set 1b

c. Set 2a

d. Set 2b

b. Talk

a. Set 1a

b. Set 1b

c. Set 2a

d. Set 2b

3. Conversation

a. Set 1a

b. Set 1b

c. Set 2a

d. Set 2b

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