大学英语口语测试及评估的几点基本考虑

Some Considerations on College Spoken English Testing and Assessment.

通过以大学英语考试的口语测试和2003年研究生入学考试中的英语口语测试的效果为例,从其效度和信度方面,分析面对面的口语测试和非面对面的口语测试的优缺点,得出进行能客观反映学生口语水平的高质量的口语测试是可能的。

The paper analyzes two kinds of spoken tests, the face - to - face test and test not face - to - face, with their respective advantages and disadvantages taking CET - SET and the spoken English test of the postgraduates＇entrance exam this year as example. And after showing some of the author＇s considerations about how to improve the quality of spoken English tests, it ends up with the conclusion that we can have high - quality spoken tests to reflect student＇s true spoken English ability then to stimulate teaching and motivate students to get improvement in spoken -English.