Listening Summary Translation Exam (LSTE)-Spanish. Final Project Report. Revised.

The Listening Summary Translation Exam (LSTE) -Spanish is designed to assess the ability to comprehend and summarize in written English recorded conversations spoken in Spanish. Language and topics of the exam are representative qf conversations the Federal Bureau of Investigation routinely monitors. This test consists of two subtests, one containing 40 multiple-choice items based on eight to niae recorded conversations, and the other requiring written summaries of three recorded conversations. The LSTE-Spanish exists in two forms parallel in content, item difficulty, format, and length. The final report on the test's development is presented in four sections. The first provides a general description of the test, and the second describes the development of the test's two pilot forms. In the third section, the results of the trials and piloting of the pilot forms are presented, with descriptions of the resulting revisions. The fourth section presents the procedures and results of a :Lcudy to validate the LSTE's final operational forms. Substantial appended materials include selected pages of the test booklets, guidelines and forms, and pilot testing, validation, and feedback results. (MSE) ********************************************w***********************X** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are cha tpast that can be made * * from the original documeat. * ***********************************************A*********************** 1 riT4 LISTENING SUMMARY TRANSLATION EXAM (LSTE) SPANISH Final Project Report Revised Charles W. Stansfield Mary Lee Scott Dorry Mann Kenyon Center for Applied Linguistics 1118 22nd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037