The Listening Comprehension Test 2 (LCT-2) assesses listening through natural classroom situations. The tasks reveal students' strengths and weaknesses in integrated language problem solving, reasoning, and comprehension of material presented auditorily. Because listening (receiving, attending to, interpreting, and responding to verbal messages) is critical for classroom success, each subtest requires students to pay attention to what they hear, listen with a purpose in mind, avoid giving impulsive answers, and express answers verbally.
The test closely models the types of listening required in a classroom; students must determine what part of the message needs immediate attention, organize and understand the input, and plan appropriate responses. In order to respond, the student must integrate vocabulary, syntax and morphology, phonology, and thinking.
