我国高校英语专业八级测试写作项目的理论效度检验研究(英文)

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EXTENT OF THEORY-BASED VALIDITY OF THE ESSAY IN TEM8

本研究开发和预试了一份调查问卷作为研究工具,并运用相关统计程序调查了我国高校英语专业八级写作测试的理论效度。研究结果显示:八级写作测试基本上反映了写作内在过程或写作能力;考生的语言表达能力在统计上呈边际性显著区分;"调整主题与体裁"、"组织思想"、"表达"、"检查"子过程比其他子过程对写作成绩的影响更大些。上述结果证明,八级写作测试总体上测量了考生的写作能力,但仍需要进一步完善。

This study,developing and piloting a questionnaire as an instrument, using relevant statistical procedures, investigated the extent to which the essay in TEM8 (TEM8E) is a valid test in terms of theory-based validity. The research design mainly involved student participants from three universities in China. The findings of this study may suggest that the ability in writing tested could be generally reflected by the internal sub-processes; the test-takers' translating ability variance can be marginally statistically reflected; the sub-processes such as topic and genre modifying, organizing, translating, reviewing may have more effect on score gains than some other sub-processes. In this sense, TEM8E can be generally regarded as a test reflecting the writing ability, but it needs improving.