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Go Listen: An End-to-End Online Listening Test Platform
Journal of Open Research Software, 2021 Subjective listening tests are routinely conducted by academic researchers and industry professionals to assess the quality of various speech and audio processing algorithms and transmission services.
Dan Barry +3 more
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The Effects of Audio-Only and Audio-Video Materials on Listening Comprehension and Critical Thinking among Dental Students: A Focus Group Analysis [PDF]
Interdisciplinary Journal of Virtual Learning in Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: Listening is a fundamental skill in learning a second language and improving speaking proficiency. Despite the growing tendency among EFL teachers to test listening comprehension using computer-based audiovisual materials, the reported ...
Zahra Ahmadpour Kasgari +2 more
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Tạp chí Khoa học, 2022 This study shows an attempt to investigate the listening problems encountered by English-major students from Vinh University and then explored whether there exist inter-relations between English listening activities and English listening tests.
LE Thi Tuyet Hanh +2 more
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Listening Strategies and L2 Listening Comprehension: Does the Test Method Matter?
Theory and Practice of Second Language Acquisition, 2023 Many studies have so far tried to examine the relationship between listening strategies and listening comprehension. However, it seems that none of them have focused on the effect of the test method on the findings.
Babak Mahdavy, Masoomeh Mousavi Namavar
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Is a Multi-Slider Interface Layout Responsible for a Stimulus Spacing Bias in the MUSHRA Test?
Archives of Acoustics, 2015 The multi-stimulus test with hidden reference and anchors (MUSHRA) is commonly used for subjective quality assessment of audio systems. Despite its wide acceptance in scientific and industrial sectors, the method is not free from bias.
Sławomir ZIELIŃSKI
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Auditory Localization in Low-Bitrate Compressed Ambisonic Scenes
Applied Sciences, 2019 The increasing popularity of Ambisonics as a spatial audio format for streaming services poses new challenges to existing audio coding techniques. Immersive audio delivered to mobile devices requires an efficient bitrate compression that does not affect ...
Tomasz Rudzki +5 more
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webMUSHRA — A Comprehensive Framework for Web-based Listening Tests
Journal of Open Research Software, 2018 For a long time, many popular listening test methods, such as ITU-R BS.1534 (MUSHRA), could not be carried out as web-based listening tests, since established web standards did not support all required audio processing features.
Michael Schoeffler +6 more
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Synthesis of a Virtual Urban Soundscape
Buildings, 2014 The main research question addressed in this article is to find out to what extent it is possible to predict statistical noise levels such as L5 and L95 on an urban public square, based on the information about the square’s functionality, the activities ...
Monika Rychtáriková +3 more
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Video Listening Tests: A Pilot Study
Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL, 2002 Listening has long been the neglected skill in second language acquisition research, teaching, and assessment. However, in recent years there has been an increased focus on L2 listening ability because of its perceived importance in language acquisition.
Elvis Wagner
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Developing IELTS Material through Schoology to EFL Learners’ Listening Comprehension
Langkawi: Journal of The Association for Arabic and English, 2019 This research aims at developing IELTS listening practice tests through Schoology based on the users' needs: teachers and learners of the International Relation Department of University of Darussalam Gontor. This research applied Research and Development
Hesti Rokhaniyah, Shoffin Nahwa Utama
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