抄録
Investigating correlates of skilled listening comprehension in English would provide suggestive data and implications for measurement and instruction of listening comprehension. One candidate for a good predictor of listening comprehension is efficiency (speed or accuracy) of English spoken word recognition, but empirical data is limited. Thus, four types of test were administered to the participants: Phoneme identification, word recognition, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension. Results indicated that the number of correct responses in the English spoken word recognition test accounted for 57% of the variance of listening comprehension test scores. Accuracy of word recognition was affected significantly by word frequency. Components of lexical processing and its role in listening comprehension are discussed together with their implications for language learning and testing.
