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A Study on the Validity of the Listening Subtest in New CET-4--From the Perspective of Communicative Language Testing

Author: XiaoNi
Tutor: WenBin
School: Central China Normal University
Course: Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
Keywords: Communicative language ability CET Test elements Test validity Listening Comprehension
CLC: H319
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract

The core of communicative language testing theory is a theory of communicative competence. Hymes was first proposed in 1972 communicative competence include four aspects: the possibility, feasibility, appropriateness and effectiveness. Subsequently, in 1980, Canale and Swain communicative competence includes the knowledge and skills of the four aspects of grammatical competence, social language skills, discourse competence and communicative strategies ability. In the early 1990s, Bachman proposed a new theoretical model of communicative competence. Bachman communicative competence is the language knowledge and use of scene features combine to create the ability to explain the significance, it mainly consists of language skills, strategic competence and psycho-physiological mechanism consists of three parts. With the development of the theory of communicative competence and widely adopted the use of communicative language testing system came into being. Communicative language testing, the purpose of the test is to understand the language learners to use their language ability in a certain context to communicate effectively using the language share thoughts and feelings, to achieve the purpose of communicate with each other. The communication test both test the accuracy of the measured language used in the form of, for Appropriateness of the evaluation form of language used in a certain context, with its emphasis on the ability to examine the language scene in the proper use of language to communicate. Based on the analysis of communicative language ability, Bachman further proposed to measure learners' communicative language skills for the purpose of examination must contain several elements: reliability, construct validity, authenticity, mutuality and feasibility. The purpose of the language test that tests students' mastery of the knowledge of the degree of feedback. In the test, the level of validity is the most important reference standard to measure language test, exam study the core issue. Validity is a test test test expected to be. Currently, the CET has been carried out comprehensive reform. As foreshadowed in four exam reform of college English teaching two major trends: First, the use of communicative language teaching and testing methods, training and assessment of students' communicative or language skills. The second is to adapt to the practical needs of the increasingly frequent international exchanges, and strengthen students' English listening and speaking skills. CET as a domestic Reference number many great impact on the English exam, its comprehensive reform of of domestic English teaching trend is self-evident. Reform as one of the listening comprehension part of the test validity, and Listening and Speaking Ability college students backwash effect worthy of further study permit. Reality. In this paper, based on the elements of communication test, combined with the characteristics of the listening comprehension and hearing tests, the validity of the analysis and research on the kinds of questions and the choice of materials and other aspects of the reformed CET Listening. The research methods used throughout the study include: examination papers text analysis, questionnaires, multiple sets of test questions and the subjects to collect the appropriate data. The results show that after the reform CET Listening with a higher degree of the elements of the communication test, and therefore higher validity, more real comprehensive response to the learners' communicative English listening ability. Specifically, the test environment has a smaller influence on the test results, the reliability of test results is higher. Through the analysis of the papers material to prove their listening skills test covers the Bachman communicative competence model mentioned in all language skills, to achieve the goal of the CET-4 exam outline proposed test students' communicative language skills. About the authenticity of the test, hearing test part of a wide selection of covers various contexts required to study language, and the corresponding questions for communication test questions. For users of students and teachers of the papers, ready to develop students 'communicative hearing ability and to participate in the CET-4 hearing test has a positive impact, and can promote the improvement of students' communicative hearing ability. The test, however, there are still some problems to be further improved, such as lack of real language input context, the effect of hearing radio vulnerable to the playback device, the kinds of questions over a single.

A Study on the Validity of the Listening Subtest in New CET-4--From the Perspective of Communicative Language Testing

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