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英语测试理论之专四英文考试规范
SPECIFICATIONSFORTEM4
ØTestPurpose
Theaimofthetestis,firstly,tohaveacomprehensiveexaminationofthestudents’achievementoftherequirmentssetforthintheteachingsyllabusforTEM4,andsecondly,toassessstudents’abilitytoapplyvariousbasicskillsaswellastheirmasteryofgrammarstructureandwordusage,whichistotestbothstudents’comprehensiveabilityandtheirindividualskills.Thetestisatthesametimeameansofevaluatingthequalityofteachingandpromotinginter-schoolcommunication.
ØTextDomain
TheoreticalConstruct:
students’abilityoflisteningandwritingaswellasgrammaticalknowledgeandvocabularycorrespondingtotheteachingsyllabus.
Operations:
1）Dictation
a）beabletowritedownthewholepassageinconditionoffullyunderstandingthecontent.
2）ListeningComprehension
a）beabletounderstandthespeechandtalkaboutdailylifeorsociallifeofEnglishspeakingcountries,thenseizethemainargumentorplotsandmakereasoningandanalysisonthelisteningmaterials.
b）beabletounderstandthemaincontentofVOAorBBCnews.
3）Cloze
a）beabletofullyunderstandthecontentoftheessayandselectthebestanswertomakethearticlecompletebothinmeaningandstructure.
4）GrammarandVocabulary
a）beabletousethegrammarstructuresrangefromlevelonetolevelfourcorrectly.
b）beabletomaster3000—4000ofthevocabularyof5500—6500asrequiredinthesyllabus.
5）ReadingComprehension
a）beabletoreadthemedium-difficultyarticlesandmaterialsofBritishandAmericancountries.
b）beabletounderstandthemainidea.
c）beabletounderstandthematerialliterallyaswellasperformjudgmentandinferenceinthedeepermeaning.
d）beabletodeducethemeaningofanunknownwordfromthecontext.
6）Writing
a）beabletowriteanessayofabout150wordsaccordingtothegiventopic,chartordigitalstatistics;beabletowriteanoteof50—60wordscorrespondingtothetips.
b）beabletousepunctuationandspellwordscorrectly.
c）beabletowritecorrectandappropriatesentences.
d）beabletomanipulatesentenceandparagraphseffectively.
ØTestTakers
StudentsinGrade2ofEnglishmajors.
ØTestContent
1）Dictation
shortpassagesorgeneralintroductionsofhistory,societyandculture,science,geography,etc.
2）ListeningComprehension
conversationsindailylife,formalspeeches,briefintroductionofaperson,athingoranewconcept,etc.
3）Cloze
shortpassagesabouthistory,society,culture,science,geography,etc.
4）GrammarandVocabulary
sentencesorveryshortdialogues.
5）ReadingComprehension
shortstories,newspaperarticles,instructions,reports,etc.
6）Writing
1）notesexpressingthanks,congratulation,apology,etc
2）discussionsofhotissues,socialphenomenon,personalopinions,etc
Focus:
Testtasksoritemsshouldbedesignedinaccordancewiththesyllabusofthetest,meanwhiletheaimistocheckstudents’knowledge,comprehensionandotherspecificskillswhicharerequiredforstudentsmajoringinEnglish.
ØItemlength
1）Dictation
Onepassageofabout150words.
2）ListeningComprehension
SectionA:
Conversations
10conversationsofabout200wordseach.
SectionB:
Passages
10passagesofabout200wordseach.
SectionC:
NewsBroadcast
10piecesofnewsfromBBCorVOA.
3）Cloze
Onepassageofabout250words.
4）GrammarandVocabulary
15multiplechoicesongrammar.
15multiplechoicesonvocabularyandphraseusage.
5）ReadingComprehension
4or5passagesoftotally1800words.
6）Writing
SectionA:
Composition
Onecompositionofabout200words.
SectionB:
Note-Writing
Onenoteof50-60words.
ØTestMethod
Discrete-pointtestandintegrativetestareusedincombinationwithemphasisonthelatter.
ØTestTasksandItemTypes
Type
ExpectedResponse
Mode
Dictation
Constructed
Written
ListeningComprehension
Selected
Written
Cloze
Selected
Written
Grammar&Vocabulary
Selected
Written
ReadingComprehension
Selected
Written
Writing
Constructed
Written
ØTimeDuration
Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin140minutes.
Writinganddictationtakes60minutes.
Listeningcomprehension,cloze,grammarandvocabulary,readingcomprehensiontakestotally80minutes.
ØTestOrganizationandWeighting
Component
Number
Weighting
（totalscore100）
PartOne:
Dictation
（constructed）
1passage
15％
PartTwo:
Listeningcomprehension
（multiplechoice）
30
multiplechoices
15％
Partthree:
Cloze
（multiplechoice）
20
multiplechoices
10％
Partfour:
Grammar&Vocabulary
（multiplechoice）
30
multiplechoices
15％
Partfive:
Readingcomprehension
（multiplechoice）
15
multiplechoices
20％
Partsix:
writing
（constructed）
1passage
1note
25％
ØScoringCriteria
Fortheselected-responsetypetasksoritems,astandardkeyisprovided（omitted）.
Fortheconstructed-responsetypetasksoritems,scoringcriteriaareprovidedasfollows:
Dictation
1）Dictatingpassagewillbedividedinto15partswitheverypartscoringonepoint.
2）Everypartwillbedeductedpointsofnomorethanonepoint.
3）Mistakescanthedividedintotwokinds:
minormistakesandmajormistakes.
4）Minormistakes:
worongspellingofnomorethantwowords,suchassteadily-staedily,harbor-habor,parent-parents,mouths-mouth;and
Twominormistakesaccounthalfapoint,andfourforonepoint.
5）Majormistakes:
missingwords,addingwords,creatingwordsorchangingwords（articlemistakesaregroupedintominormistakes）,suchasmouth-moth,task-test,trip-trap,flee-flea,havefinished-finsh（ed）.
Onemajormistakeaccountshalfapoint.
6）Repeatingmistakeswillbedeductedpointsonce.
Writing
Thetotalscoreofwritingis15.Itwillcheckedatthefollowingfivegrades：
1）15points
EffectiveCommunicationwithAccuracies:
Thewritingeffectivelyaddressesthewritingtask.Itdemonstratesawelldevelopedlogicalorganizationalstructurewithclearlystatedmainideasandsufficientsupportingdetails.Ithasalmostnoerrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysanadequateabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Nodifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
2）14-12points
GoodCommunicationwithFewInaccuracies:
Thewritingadequatelyaddressesalmostallofthewritingtask,thoughitdealswithsomepartsmoreeffectivelythanothers.Itdemonstratesagenerallywell-developedlogicalorganizationalstructurewithmainideasandsupportingdetails.Ithasrelativelyfewsignificanterrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysanabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Verylittledifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
3）11-9points
PassableCommunicationwithSomeInaccuracies:
Thewritingadequatelyaddressesmostofthewritingtask.Onthewhole,itdemonstratesanadequatelydevelopedorganizationalstructure,thoughtheremayoccasionallybealackofrelevance,clarity,consistencyorsupport.Ithasoccasionalerrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,whichmay,fromtimetotime,obscuremeaning,fanforthemostpartitdisplayssomeabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Occasionaldifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
4）8-6points
ProblematicCommunicationwithFrequentInaccuracies:
Thewritingonlyaddressessomeofthewritingtask.Itdemonstratesaninadequateorganizationalstructure,andtheremayquiteoftenbealackofrelevance,clarity,consistencyorsupport.Ithasfrequenterrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysalimitedabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Somedifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
5）5-3points
AlmostNoCommunication:
Thewritingalmostcompletelyfailstoaddressthewritingtask.Ithasneitheranorganizationalstructurenorcoherence.Almostallsentencescontainerrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysnoabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Evenafterconsiderableeffortonthepartofthereader,thetextislargelyincomprehensible
ØTestAdministration
Supervisorsshouldfollowthefollowingproceduresduringthetestadministration
1）Beforethetest,imformstudentsoftheproceduresofthetestadministration
2）TestinstructionshouldbereadtothestudentsinEnglishorChinesebeforethetestbegins
3）Openthebagthatenvelopthetestpaperinfrontofstudentsforfair
4）Distributethetestpaperfiveminutesbeforethetest.TheanswersheetofDICTATIONshouldbecollectedaftertheendofDICTATION,andthenthesuperviordistributetheotheransewersheettostudentfortherestoftest.
5）Remainstudentoftheremainingtimelimit15minutesbeforetheendofthetest
6）Askstudenttostopwritingattheendofthetestandcollecttestpapers
7）Duringtheadministration,dictionariesorotherreferencebooksarenotallowedtobeused
8）Anyviolationofstudentsonthetestrulesleadtodisqualificationfromthetest
Superviorshouldadministertheteststrictlyaccordingtothestatedprocedures
Throughtoutthewholetest,measuresshouldbetakentomaintainasupportivetestenvironment
ØTestDevelopmentChart
Component
Skill（see
operation）
Number
TestFocus
NumberofItemsforEachFocus
Dictation
a
1
dictationcomprehensionandproficiencyinspelling
1
ListeningComprehension
a
b
30
abilitytoacquireoralinformation
30
Cloze
a
20
integratedlanguageknowledgeandability
20
GrammarandVocabulary
a
b
30
vocabularyandgrammar
30
ReadingComprehension
a
b
c
d
30
knowledgecomprehensionandapplication
30
Writing:
compositionandnote
a
b
c
d
2
writing
and
notingability
2
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