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TestSpecificationsforCET4

TestSpecificationsforCET-4（June,2015）

TestPurpose

CollegeEnglishTestBand4（CET4）isthenorm-referencedandcriterion-referencedtestwhichisdesignedtoassesscollegestudents’Englishproficiencyaccuratelyandobjectively.Itfocusesthetestofoverallabilityincludingwriting,listening,readingandtranslatingskillsandsoon.CET4aimstopromotetheimplementofsyllabusandlevelofEnglishteaching.

TestDomain

TheoreticalConstruct:

Toteststudents’abilitytolistenverbalinformation,processinformationandsolveproblemsinreadingtext,translateChineseintoEnglishaccuratelyandfrequentlyandexpressone’sideacorrectlyandclearlyinEnglish.

TestTakers

TesttakersaretheundergraduatesandgraduateswhohavefinishedthecollegeEnglishBand4curriculumrequiredbysyllabus.

TestMethod

Discrete-point test and integrative test are used in combination with emphasis on the latter.

Testorganizationandweighting

Component

Content

QuestionType

PercentageScore（%）

TimeDuration

（minutes）

Writing

writing

writing

15%

30

Listeningcomprehension

conversations

shortconversations

multiple-choicequestions

8%

30

longconversations

multiple-choicequestions

7%

passages

shortpassages

multiple-choicequestions

10%

dictation

Wordsandphrasesdictation

10%

Readingcomprehension

bankedcloze

cloze

5%

40

longpassagereading

matching

10%

readingindepth

multiple-choicequestions

20%

Translation

Chinese-EnglishTranslation

passagetranslation

15%

30

Total

100%

130

TestAdministration

Thestudentsshouldbeinformedoftheproceduresoftestadministrationbeforehand.Testinstructionsshouldbereadtostudentbeforethetest.Whenthetestbegins,thestudentsshouldfirstfinishthewritingsectiononAnswerSheet1within30minutes.Later,whenListeningComprehensionbegins,studentsshouldwritetheiransweronAnswerSheet1.30minuteslater,supervisorsshouldcollecttheAnswerSheet1within5minutesandstudentsshouldfinishtherestofthetestonAnswerSheet2.

Supervisorsareexpectedtoadministertheteststrictlyinaccordancewiththestatedprocedures.

Measuresshouldbetakentomaintainasupportivetestingenvironmentthroughoutthetest.

SpecificationsforWriting

Testpurpose

Thewritingtestisaproficiencytestdesignedtoassessstudents’EnglishWritingability.

Testdomain

TheoreticalConstruct:

Toteststudents’abilitytoproducedifferenttypesofEnglishwritingsinlimitedtimeasrequiredinthesyllabus.

Operations:

a）Beabletoproducewritingatanefficientrateofspeedandrequirednumberofwordstosuitthepurpose

b）Beabletoproducecorrectlyspellingwordsanduseappropriatewordsandphrases

c）Beabletouseacceptablegrammaticalsystem,patternsandrules

d）Beabletoexpressaparticularmeaningindifferentgrammaticalforms

e）Beabletousecohesivedevicesinwrittendiscourse

f）Beabletousetherhetoricalformsandconventionsofwrittendiscourse

g）Beabletodevelopthewritinglogically

h）Beabletoappropriatelyaccomplishthecommunicativefunctionsofwrittentextsaccordingtoform.

Testcontent

Texttypes:

Picturedescription,formcompletiontasks,letters,reports,advertisements,notes,argumentation,etc.

Topics:

history,customs,cultureandsociety,schoollife,environment,technology,etc.

Focus:

Testtaskshouldfocusoncheckingstudents’abilitytoexpressparticularmeaningwithgrammaticalsystemanddevelopthewritinglogicallyandcohesivelyandcoherently,withmoreemphasizesonthecommunicativefunctionsofwrittentexts.

Testtaskanditemtype

Type

ExpectedResponse

Mode

writing

constructed

written

Timeduration

Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin30minutes.

Scoringcriteria

13-15points.Thepassageisrelevanttothegiventopicandexpressestheideaclearlywithcoherentwriting,andwithoutlinguisticerrors,oronlywithfewerrors.

10-12points.Thepassageisrelevanttothegiventopicandexpressestheideaclearlywithrelativelycoherentwriting.Butthepassagehasasmallnumberoferrors.

7-9points.Thepassageisbasicallyrelevanttothegiventopic.Someexpressionsarenotclearenoughandthediscourseisbarelycoherentwithalargenumberoflinguisticerrors,especiallysomeofwhicharefatal.

4-6points.Thepassageisbasicallyrelevanttothegiventopicwithunclearexpressionsofideasandalargeamountoffatalerrors.Thediscourseispoorlycoherent

1-3points.Thepassageisimproperlyarranged.Thelanguageinwritingisdisorderedandmostofsentenceshaveerrors,someofwhicharefatal.

0point.Unansweredoronlyafewisolatedwords.Orthepassagehasnorelevancetothegiventopic.

SpecificationsforListeningComprehension

Testpurpose

Thelisteningtestisaproficiencytestdesignedtoassessstudents’listeningskillsandability.

Testdomain

TheoreticalConstruct:

Toteststudents’abilitytogetinformation,comprehendthegivenlisteningmaterialandsolvetheproblemswiththehelpofthebasiclisteningskills,suchasscanningandskimming,etc.

Operations

a）Beabletodetectthespecificinformation,suchastime,space,participants,etc.

b）Beabletograspthekeywords

c）Beabletoinferthelinksandconnectionsaofeventsanddeducecausesandeffects

d）Beabletodistinguishtheliteralinformationfromimpliedinformation

e）Fromtheeventsandideasdescribed,predictstheoutcomesandthebehaviororattitudeofpeople

f）Beabletodetectthemainidea,supportingidea

g）Beabletogeneralize

h）Beabletodictatethespecificwords,phrasescorrectly

Testcontent

Texttypes:

Conversations,reports,dictation

Topics:

Dailyconversation,news,reports,stories,advertisements,radioprogram,etc.

Focus：

Testtaskoritemsshouldfocusoncheckingstudents’knowledge,comprehension,applicationofspecified skills,withmoreemphasis on comprehension and application. 

Textlength

Thewholetestconsistsofthreesections,including35questions.SectionAhas8shortconversationsand2longconversations.SectionBincludes3passages.SectionCisapassagewith10items.

Testtaskanditemtype

Type

ExpectedResponse

Mode

Multiple-choicequestions

Selected

written

dictations

constructed

written

Timeduration

Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin30minutes.

Scoringcriteria

Astandardkeyisprovidedfortheselected-responsetypetaskoritemsandtheconstructed-responsetypetaskoritems.

Testdevelopmentchart

Component

Skill

（seeoperations）

Number

Testfocus

NumberofItemsforEachFocus

A.conversationlistening

（15items）

a

b

c

d

e

f

2

1

5

3

3

1

Knowledge

3

Comprehension

12

C.passagelistening

（10items）

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

6

2

2

Knowledge

6

Comprehension

4

C.dictation

（10items）

h

10

Comprehension&

Application

10

SpecificationsforReadingComprehension

Testpurpose

Thereadingtestisaproficiencytestdesignedtoassessstudents’readingabilityandskills.

Testdomain

TheoreticalConstruct:

Toteststudents’abilitytoprocessinformationinreadingtexts,comprehendthetargettextandusedifferentreadingstrategiesfordifferentpurposesasrequired.

Operations

a） Be able to scan text to locate specific information. 

b）Be able to search through text to establish which part is relevant to a specified need. 

c）Be able to deduce the meaning of an unknown word from context. 

d）Be able todistinguishthedifferentformsofthesameidea.

e）Beableto understand the relations within sentences. 

f） Be able to search through text to evaluate the content in terms of previously receivedinformation.

g） Be able todistinguishtheliteralinformationfromimpliedinformation.

h） Be able to comprehendthetextgloballyanddetect the topic and main idea. 

i）Be able to generalize and draw the conclusion.

Testcontent

Texttypes:

Cloze,essay,arguments,newspaperarticles,reports.etc

Topics:

Education,economy,agriculture,medical,technology,etc

Focus：

Testtaskoritemsshouldfocusoncheckingstudents’knowledge,comprehension,applicationofspecified skills,withmoreemphasis on comprehension and application. 

Textlength

Thetestconsistsofthreesections.SectionAhasaclozewith10items.SectionBincludes10shortparagraphs,eachhasaround50words.Therearetwotextsofnomorethan350words.

Testtaskanditemtype

Type

ExpectedResponse

Mode

Multiple-choicequestions

Selected

written

Timeduration

Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin40minutes.

Scoringcriteria

Astandardkeyisprovidedforthisselected-responsetypetest.

Testdevelopmentchart

Component

Skill

（seeoperations）

Number

TestFocus

NumberofItemsforEachFocus

SectionA:

Cloze

（10items）

g

10

Application

10

SectionB:

Matching

（10items）

a

b

d

e

h

i

2

3

5

Comprehension

10

C:

Multiple-choicequestions

（10items）

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

2

3

1

2

1

1

Knowledge

5

Comprehension

5

SpecificationsforTranslation

Testpurpose

Thetranslatingtestisaproficiencytestdesignedtoassessstudents’translatingabilityandskills.

Testdomain

TheoreticalConstruct:

Toteststudents’abilitytoprocesstranslationbetweenChineseandEnglishaccordingtocertaincontextsasrequiredinthetranslationsyllabus.

Operations

a）Beabletouseappropriatewordsandphrases.

b）Be able to analyze the sentence structures.

c）Beabletocomprehendthetextglobally.

d）Beabletograsplanguagetransformationstrategies.

e）BeabletounderstandBilingual culture.

f）Beabletotranslatethesourcetexti