An online listening test can be built by combining audio with interactive question types. After adding your audio clips, you can choose how candidates will respond, whether by selecting an answer, writing a response, or matching items. You can also control how the audio is played and how candidates move through the test. Once the structure is in place, the test can be delivered securely with flexible evaluation options to match your goals.
A listening test is an assessment that evaluates a person's ability to understand spoken language. It simply involves listening to audio recordings and answering questions based on what was heard. A listening test can include various types of questions, such as multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, or open-ended questions.
Listening tests typically assess listening comprehension skills, understanding the speaker's intent or tone, recognizing specific information and interpreting context and implied meaning. They are commonly used in language proficiency exams, recruitment processes and academic assessments.
With TestInvite’s exam creator, you can create a listening test by structuring the test flow, adding audio-based questions, customizing candidate interaction, and setting evaluation criteria. The platform gives you full control over how audio is delivered and how responses are timed, scored, and reviewed.
With TestInvite, you can structure the test using sections and pages. Sections group related pages, while pages group related questions. This allows you to organize questions by topic, skill, format, difficulty level, or your specific evaluation needs.
For listening questions, you can use multiple choice, matching, short answer, long answer, fill-in-the-blank, or any other question type, depending on your needs. The choice of question type depends on how you want participants to interact with the audio.
For example, participants can respond with a long open-ended text, select an option from multiple choices, complete a matching task, or even record and upload their own audio responses.
Audio clips can be added by:
It is also possible to ask multiple questions based on one audio clip.
You can customize how candidates interact with audio clips during the test.
You can also manage how participants navigate between sections of the test. You have the option to allow full navigation, where participants can move freely between sections; backward-only navigation, where they can return to previous sections but not skip ahead; or strict sequential flow, which requires them to complete sections in order without going back.
You can choose the most suitable scoring method, depending on the question type. This ensures each response is assessed in a way that fits its format and purpose.
Automated scoring is suited for objective question types like multiple choice, true/false, and matching. The system instantly checks answers against predefined correct responses and calculates scores automatically.
For short, open-ended responses, you can use automated rules to evaluate answers instantly and objectively. In the automation section, you can define conditions such as:
These rules help automate the evaluation of short answers without the need for manual review.
Rubrics provide a structured and consistent way to assess longer open-ended or subjective responses. You can define specific evaluation criteria and assign weights to reflect their importance. Multiple rubric formats are supported:
AI-based evaluation allows you to simplify the assessment of longer written responses by automatically reviewing the quality and meaning of the text. Instead of manually scoring each essay, the system uses advanced language understanding to interpret the response and generate consistent scores across key dimensions.
You can set a time limit for the entire test or apply different time limits to specific sections and pages. This helps guide the candidate's pace, maintain test flow, and minimize opportunities for external help.
Randomization helps you deliver a unique test experience to each candidate while reducing the risk of answer sharing. This can be achieved by using composites, which allow you to randomize questions within a structured group.
You can enable proctoring to monitor candidate behavior through webcam, microphone, and AI tools, either in real time or via recorded sessions. This helps ensure test integrity by detecting and addressing suspicious activity.
You can use screen recording to capture all on-screen activity during the test. This allows for post-exam review and helps identify any suspicious behavior or unauthorized actions.
Lockdown browser restricts access to other websites, applications, and system functions. It creates a controlled environment that prevents participants from navigating away from the exam screen.
Each test in your assessment can have its own access and login method. You can make the test publicly accessible or restrict it using invitation codes, usernames and passwords, or PIN-based logins.
Once the test is ready, you can add candidates to the system either one by one or through bulk upload and send them personalized email invitations. These emails can be tailored to include test instructions, access credentials, and any other information needed to get started.
Listening tests reflect how people process and understand spoken information in real time. They also evaluate essential language skills such as understanding accents, intonation, speech pace, and contextual meaning. Listening tests help determine a person's ability to engage in spoken interaction.
If proper precautions are not taken, performance in listening tests can be negatively affected by factors such as background noise or poor audio quality. Also, since listening happens in real time, participants may struggle to keep up or feel stressed.
