[优秀论文]大学英语写作能力考试题型研究——Summary Writing.pdf

上海交通大学
硕士学位论文
大学英语写作能力考试题型研究——Summary Writing
姓名:葛明永
申请学位级别:硕士
专业:外国语言学与应用语言学
指导教师:罗鹏
20031201
中文摘要
写作向来被看作作为语言的四项基本技能之一所以在英语的教学与测
试中应得到体现然而在多数以应试为主的大学英语教学中写作未得到应
有的重视考虑到测试对教学的反拨作用在英语考试中加入新的写作题型
可能会收到较好的效果
Weir (1990) 认为缩写考试是效度较高的测试写作的题型之一在此理
解的基础上本文作者认为在四级考试中可以考虑使用除现行作文以外的
题型本篇论文主要研究了写作能力的考试题型及作为写作题型的缩写考试
在四六级考试中作为写作考试的备用题型的可行性文章从以下问题入手
首先本篇论文讨论了考试的主要三个要素效度信度与可行性通
过文献回顾了专家对效度和信度这两大要素的论述在此基础上本文回顾
了五个大规模考试中的写作题型然后较详尽地阐述了试卷设计和开发的步
骤并从定量研究和定性研究两个方面对设计的范型卷做了效度研究定量
研究是通过对范型试卷的数据进行描述分析和相关分析而进行的而定性研
究则使用考生的问卷调查分析结果表明本套试卷采用的缩写考试题型具有
较好的效度在写作考试的信度保证上试卷的批改起着举足轻重的作用
因此本文设计了缩写考试的评分标准并认为改卷人员应接受评分的培训
在写作作为交流手段被日益重视的今天缩写考试可以进一步加强学生
对写作能力的重视从而对教学会有很好的反拨作用

关键词写作缩写考试效度信度写作考试
Abstract
The present study aims to examine the validity of the summary writing as a
measure of the writing ability of the college students, to look into the reliability
of its marking, to provide a prototype summary writing test format, and with this
prototype test to examine the practicability of carrying out the summary writing
test in CET.
In the study the theories and practices in writing tests are reviewed so as to
construct a theoretical framework which can serve as a basis for the testing of
summary writing. In addition to practicality, validity and reliability are the two
basic requirements of the modern language tests, and they also apply to the test of
English writing ability. After the literature review of validity, reliability and
practicality of testing of writing, five well established English tests are surveyed
with an emphasis on the writing section of the tests. Performance conditions are
then set for the summary writing test format and a small pilot test is carried out to
find its quality of usefulness. A revised summary writing test paper is therefore
developed and used in the main trial of the experiment. The reliability of the test
scoring is ensured through a rigorous markers’ training procedure and by using a
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