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英语测试理论与实践
宁波大学硕士研究生2008/2009学年第2学期期末考试答题纸
考试科目:
英语测试理论与实践课程编号:
07G06329A
姓名:
卢晓娜学号:
G08B05020130阅卷教师:
李奕成绩:
EnglishAssessment:
TheoryandPractice
1.Definethefollowingtermsinyourownwords
1)Testing
Testingwhichisoftenusedforpedagogicalpurposes,isaproceduredesignedtoelicitcertainbehaviorfromwhichonecanmakeinferencesaboutcertaincharacteristicsofanindividual.
2)Assessment
Assessmentcollectsinformationofstudents’learningforvariouspurposesandusingvarioustechniques.
3)Evaluation
Evaluationappliesthesystematicwaystogatherinformationforthepurposeofmakingdecisions.
4)Measurement
Measurementistheprocessofquantifyingthecharacteristicsofpersonsaccordingtoexplicitproceduresandrules.
5)Reliability
Reliabilityisaqualityoftestscores,andaperfectlyreliablescorewouldbeonewhichisfreefromerrorsofmeasurement.
6)Validity
Validityisanimportantqualityoftestinterpretation,whichconcernstheextenttowhichtheinferencesordecisionswemakeonthebasisoftestscoresaremeaningful,appropriateanduseful.
7)Norm-referencedtests
Norm-referencedtestsaredesignedtoenablethetestusertomaketheinterpretationsoftestresultswithreferencetotheperformanceofagivengroupornorm.
8)criterion-referencedtests
Criterion-referencedtestsaredesignedtoenablethetestusertointerpretatestscorewithreferencetoacriterionlevelofabilityordomainofcontent.
9)formativetest
Formativetestisthetestteachersusetocheckontheprogressoftheirstudents,toseehowfartheyhavemasteredwhattheyshouldhavelearnedandusethisinformationtomodifytheirfutureteachingplans,suchasinformaltestsorquizzes.
10)Summativetest
Summativetestisusedattheendoftheterm,semesteroryearinordertomeasurewhathasbeenachievedbothbygroupsandbyindividuals.
2.Discussionquestions(Answereachquestioninnolessthan200words.)
1)Howcanweimprovethetestreliability
Inordertodevelopthetestreliability,wehavetominimizetheeffectsofmeasurementerrorsandtomaximizetheeffectsofthelanguageabilitieswewanttomeasure.Therearetwokindsofreliability:
testreliabilityandscorerreliability.Andthreecategoriesaffecttestandscorereliability:
1)testmethodfacets;2)attributesofthetesttakerthatarenotconsideredpartofthelanguageabilitieswewanttomeasure;3)randomfactorsthatarelargelyunpredictableandtemporary.Theresultoftheeffectsofallthesefactorsisthatwheneverindividualstakealanguagetest,theyarenotalllikelytoperformequallywell,andsotheirscoresvary.Becausedifferentfactorsaffectdifferentindividual,thetestersshouldusedifferentmethodsoftestingaccordingtothedifferentindividuals.Andweshouldusedifferentapproachedtoestimatingthereliabilityofthetests.Wecanalsoapplythetest-retestandsplit-halftesttoinvestigatethereliabilityinordertofurtherimproveit.
2)Howcanweimprovethetestvalidity
Reliabilityisanecessaryconditionforvalidity.Aperfectlyvalidmeasuremustalsobereliable.Foratestscoretobevalid,itmustbereliable.Sotoincreasethetestvalidity,wemustfirstincreasethereliability.Therearefourkindsoftestvalidity:
1)contentvalidity;2)criterion-relatedvalidity;3)constructvalidity;4)facevalidity.Inordertoimprovetestvalidity,wemustmakesurethetheoreticalframeworkusedtogeneratetheempiricalpredictionsiscorrect;second,themethodorprocedureusedtotestisappropriate;third,therelationshipamongmultipleindicatorsdesignedshouldrepresentagiventheoreticalconceptandtheoreticallyrelevantexternalvariablesshouldbesimilarintermsofdirection,strength,andconsistency.Forexample,twoindicators,bothofwhicharedesignedtomeasuresocialstatue,shouldhavesimilarcorrelationswithpoliticalinterest.
3)IscommunicativelanguagetestingapplicableinChinesecontextWhyandwhynot
CommunicativelanguagetestingisapplicableinChinesecontext.Communicativelanguagetestingisintendedtoprovidethetesterwithinformationaboutthetestee’sabilitytoperforminthetargetlanguageincertaincontext-specifictasks.Thetestsmeasurehowthetesteesareabletouselanguageinreallifesituations.Ashasbeensaid,thecommunicativelanguagetestingisjustapromisedlandinchinaasthereisnoreal-lifesituationinChinesecontext.Soweloseboththereliabilityandvalidity.However,theaimofthistestistomeasurethetestees’communicativeskills,sowecansetupareal-lifelikesituationandsamplesituationsinperformanceteststotestthestudents’communicativecompetence.Insuchaway,thistestcouldbematchedtoabilities.SoinChinesecontext,westillcancreateareal-lifesituationtoletstudentstofinishthecommunicativetasks.
4)Howcanwepromotethepositivewashbackoflanguagetesting
Therearenegativeandpositivewashbackoflanguagetesting.Topromotethepositivewashback,weshouldinhibittheformerandencouragethelater.Thenegativewashbackincludesthatteachersmayignoresubjectsandactivitiesthatdidnotcontributedirectlytopassingtheexam,andstudentsmaybepracticingexamtechniquesratherthanlanguagelearningactivities.Accordingtotheseproblems,thetestsshouldbedesignedtoreflectthelearningprinciplesandthecourseobjectivestowhichtheyaresupposedlyrelated.Testprogramshouldn’ttaketoomuchoftimeorelseitwillreducethetimeavailableforinstructionandnarrowcurricularofferings.What’smore,testshouldbeproperlydesignedtomotivatethestudentsandteacher,andtogivethemcorrectfeedbacks.
5)Howwouldyouapplyperformanceassessmentinyourlanguageteachingclassroom
Inapplyingtheperformanceassessmentinmylanguageteachingclassroom,Iwilldesignataskforthestudentstoaccomplishandmeasuretheirlanguageabilityaccordingtothetaskperformance.Thatisthe“task-based”approach.Iwillfirstfocusontheconstructofinterestandthendeveloptasksbasedontheperformanceattributesoftheconstruct,scoreuses,scoringconstraints,andsoforth.ThenIwillbeginthetask-centeredtestbydecidingwhichperformancesarethedesiredones.Then,scoreuses,scoringcriteria,andsoforthbecomepartoftheperformancetestitself.Soinapplyingtask-basedassessment,Icanmeasurethestudents’performanceinthelanguageteachingclassroomandthescoresaremadeaccordingtothestudents’performance.
SpecificationsfortheOralTest
Testpurpose
Thisoraltestisanachievementtestdesignedtoassessstudents’progressontheoralcourseattheendoftheterm.
Testdomain
TheoreticalConstruct:
Students’abilitytoprocessverbalornon-verbalinformationinoraltextsasrequiredintheteachingsyllabus.
Operations:
a)beabletonarrateordescribetheinformationoneverydaytopicsandcommonexperiencesorsituations.
b)beabletoexplainthespecificinformationtothelistenerinthegivencontext.
c)beabletoexplainthespecificinformationwithanappropriatelevelofexplicitness,includingtheexplicitusingofthegrammar,wordsandaccuratepronunciation.
d)beabletospeakatalengthonagiventopic,usingappropriatelanguageandorganizinghis/herideascoherently.
e)beabletorecognizetherightmomenttogetaturn.
f)beabletoexpressandjustifyopinions,analyze,discussandspeculateaboutissues.
Testtaker
Thesecond-yearEnglishmajorstudentswhohavebeentakingthiscourse.
Testcontent
Texttypes:
Interviews,dialogue,conversationsatparties,speech,etc.
Topic:
Collegelife,hobby,culture,sports,language,part-timejob,ect.
Focus
Testtasksoritemsshouldfocusoncheckingstudents’knowledge,oralskillsandcommunicationcompetence,withmoreemphasisonspeakingandcommunication.
Testlength
Therewillbethreetextswithnomorethan200wordseach.
Testmethod
Directoraltestisusedincombinationwithemphasisonthelatter.
Testtasksanditemtypes
Answeringquestions:
oral
Speech:
oral
Pairdiscussion:
oral
Testorganizationandweighting
Component
Number
Timing
Weighting
(totalscore100)
Partone:
Answeringquestions
Theexaminerasksthestudentsquestionsaboutfamiliartopics.
2questions
1---2minutes
30%
Parttwo:
Speech
Thestudentsreceiveataskcardwithatopic.She/hehas1minutetoprepareandmakenotesbeforespeakingaboutthetopicfor1to2minutes.
3-4minutes
35%
Partthree:
Pairdiscussion
Theexaminerrequiretwostudentstodiscusswitheachotherofthetopicthey
Receivefromataskcard.She/hehas1minutetoprepareandmakenotesbeforespeakingaboutthetopicfor2to3minutes.
4-5minutes
35%
Timeduration
Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin100minuteswith20students.
ScoringCriteria
Forthistest,scoringcriteriaareprovidedasfollows:
Excellent:
hasfullyoperationalcommandofthelanguageappropriate,accurateandfluent,withonlyoccasionalunsystematicinaccuraciesandinappropriacies.
Modest:
haseffectivecommandofthelanguage,copingwithoverallmeaninginmostsituations,thoughislikelytomakemanymistakes.Shouldbeabletohandlebasiccommunicationinownfield.
Intermittent:
Norealcommunicationispossibleexceptforthemostbasicinformationusingisolatedwordsorshortformulaeinfamiliarsituationandtomeetimmediateneeds.
Testadministration
Itisadvisedthatstudentsbeinformedoftheproceduresoftestadministrationbeforehand.Testinstructionsshouldbereadtothestudentsbeforethetestbegins.TestinstructionscanbedeliveredeitherinEnglishorinChineseasisseenapprop