国外英语词汇能力评估研究和发展

在过去近40年里,国外词汇研究取得了很大的进展。一些学者早期的词汇水平测试做出了令人印象深刻的贡献,如Vocabulary Levels Test和The Word Associates Test。近20年,国外在新的词汇评估方面虽然进展相对较小,但是也取得了进步。本篇文章介绍了国外近期三种新的词汇测试,并且提出继续发展新的词汇测试的理由和必要性。

In the past 40 years,great progress has been made in foreign vocabulary research.Some scholars'early lexical-level tests have made impressive contributions,such as Vocabulary Levels Test and The Word Associates Test.In the past 20 years,although progress in new vocabulary assessment in foreign researches is relatively small,the research is going on.In this article,three recent new vocabulary tests abroad is introduced,and reasons and necessity to continue to develop new vocabulary tests is also listed.