CET-4听力试卷结构效度探索性研究

CET-4听力试卷结构效度探索性研究

论文摘要

大学英语四、六级考试是教育部主管的一项全国性教学考试,其目的是对大学生的实际英语能力进行客观、准确的测量,为大学英语教学服务。结构效度是语言测试的核心问题。结构效度决定对测试结果在多大程度上做出了正确地解释。随着四级听力试卷的比重不断增加,其结构效度的实现对整张试卷结构效度的实现有很重要的影响,会对四级听力试卷的不断完善,现实中听力课堂教学的组织的优化,以及学生自我学习能力的提高有重要启示作用。本研究通过策略问卷,模拟测试及口头陈述的方式,从学生在听力过程中使用的策略,学生的考试成绩及试卷内容效度三方面收集资料,并将数据输入SPSS统计包进行数据分析,以求验证四级听力试卷的结构效度是否受到威胁,以及威胁的因素是那些。所有的被试来自浙江大学和浙江大学城市学院,他们参加了最近的一次四级考试。实验前与被试的良好沟通使得实验结果比较接近于真实情况。实验结果表明,test-wiseness策略的频繁使用,三种问题类型(大意主旨型,具体细节型,推断型)设置比例不符合大纲要求,以及学生在完成这三种题目时使用的策略类型差异不大。这三个方面的问题揭示出目前的四级听力试卷的结构效度是受到了威胁。此次实验的结果对英语测试及教学的改进有一定的启示。

论文目录

  • Acknowledgements
  • Abstract
  • 摘要
  • Contents
  • Chapter I Introduction
  • 1.1 Context of the study
  • 1.2 Purpose of this thesis
  • 1.3 Significance of this research
  • 1.4 Definitions of some key concepts
  • 1.4.1 Strategy
  • 1.4.2 Internal consistency reliability
  • 1.4.3 Exploratory factor analysis
  • Chapter II Literature Review
  • 2.1 College English Test
  • 2.2 Strategy, definitions and classifications
  • 2.2.1 Rubin (1975)
  • 2.2.2 O'Malley & Chamot (1990)
  • 2.2.3 Oxford (1990)
  • 2.2.4 Cohen (1990)
  • 2.3 Listening ability
  • 2.3.1 The nature of listening ability
  • 2.3.2 The importance of listening ability
  • 2.3.3 Features of listening tests
  • 2.3.4 Factors affecting the listening stimuli
  • 2.3.5 Test task types
  • 2.3.6 Listening skills required in the Curriculum
  • 2.3.7 The relationship between the skills of listening and reading
  • 2.4 Construct Validity
  • 2.5 Relevant studies
  • 2.5.1 O'Malley & Chamot (1989)
  • 2.5.2 Shohamy & Inbar (1991)
  • 2.5.3 Wu (1998)
  • 2.5.4 Anderson, Bachman, Perkins & Cohen (1991)
  • 2.5.5 Critique
  • Chapter III Research Methodology
  • 3.1 Research questions
  • 3.2 Research participants
  • 3.2.1 Participants doing the questionnaire
  • 3.2.2 Participants in the LC test and the verbal report
  • 3.3 Research Instrument
  • 3.3.1 Research materials
  • 3.3.2 Test-taking strategy questionnaire
  • 3.3.3 Immediate retrospection
  • 3.4 Research procedures
  • 3.4.1 Questionnaire
  • 3.4.2 Verbal report
  • 3.5 Data analysis procedures
  • 3.5.1 Analysis of questionnaire data
  • 3.5.2 Internal consistency reliability
  • 3.5.3 Exploratory factor analysis
  • 3.5.4 Content analysis
  • 3.5.5 Test performance analysis
  • 3.5.6 Analyses of immediate retrospection data
  • Chapter IV Discussion
  • 1. Research question 1: Do test-takers employ test-taking strategies when taking the LC test of CET4, and what role do test-wiseness strategies play?
  • 2. Research question 2: Do the question types meet College English Curriculum Requirements (For Trial Implementation) of 2004?
  • 3. Research question 3: Is there a significant difference of strategy use when listeners perform questions of different types ?Main idea, Direct Statement, Inference?
  • 4. Research question 4: Is there a significant difference in strategy use when listeners perform test tasks of different difficulty levels?
  • Chapter V Conclusion and Implications
  • 5.1 Conclusion
  • 5.2 Implications for further research
  • References
  • Appendix I Abbreviation Index
  • Appendix II
  • Appendix III
  • Appendix IV
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