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The LCT-A: NU evaluates a student’s abilities in listening comprehension skills, resulting in a Listening Comprehension Index. Teachers can use the results to help students improve their skills and behaviors in both the classroom and in everyday listening situations. New 2018 version! Ages 12-18 years. The Listening Comprehension Test – Adolescent requires students to (a) pay careful attention to what they hear, (b) listen with a purpose in mind, and (c) remember what they hear well enough to think about it. Students must also avoid being impulsive in giving answers, and they must express answers verbally. The test can be used to identify students with listening comprehension issues and plan interventions. Listening Comprehension Test – Adolescent: Examiner’s Manual & 20 Test Forms $159.00 The 5 subtests include: The student identifies the main idea after listening to a passage read aloud and then must recall his background knowledge of the topic and process the overall meaning of the passage. The student listens to a passage and answers a question about the details. The student must rely on grammar, vocabulary, and the semantics of the passage to comprehend the details. Subtest C: Reasoning This subtest taps into higher-level cognitive skills. The student infers answers from information presented verbally. The student gives a one-word synonym or a descriptive definition for a word heard in a passage The student listens to a short message and answers two questions about it. Test Procedures Testing Time