Within-item traits and between-item traits of photograph-format listening questions: With reference to the listening ability of students at Colleges of Technology

本研究的目的是探讨与听力能力相关的非标准格式听力问题的项目内和项目间特征。研究对象是国立技术大学的三年级和四年级学生，他们中的大多数人在托业能力等级表上属于C级和D级。研究结果表明，他们的正确答案比例与每个问题的字数相关。低年级学生（托业听力分数：110-230）尤其倾向于选择更多和更容易的单词。此外，较慢的听力速度不能使他们提高听力理解。另一方面，多益听力分数在235-360分的学生在慢速听力时，听力理解能力会有所提高。

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the within-item and betwee-item traits of photograph-format listening questions with reference to listening ability. Participants were third- and fourth-year students at National Colleges of Technology, most of whom fell within Levels C and D on the TOEIC Proficiency Scale.The results of the study illustrated that their proportion of correct answers correlated with the number of words in each question. Lower grade students (TOEIC Listening Score: 110-230) especially had a tendency to select distractors with more and easier words. In addition, slower listening speed could not enable them to enhance listening comprehension. On the other hand, the students with TOEIC Listening Scores of 235-360 could enhance listening comprehension while listening at the slower speed.