词汇量测试述评被引量：10

A critical review of vocabulary size tests

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摘要词汇量是衡量词汇水平的重要指标之一，但是现有的词汇量测试结果悬殊。本文从词汇能力的定义、词的定义、抽样源和抽样方法的选择以及测试题型的选择这几方面探讨了造成测试结果悬殊的根本原因，同时还介绍了国内外两种主要的词汇量测试。最后，本文对如何设计和使用词汇量测试以及如何诠释测试结果提供了一些建议，并提出了词汇量测试中一些亟待解决的问题。 The most notable feature of vocabulary size test is the enormous divergence among the estimates, as a resuh of methodological problems involved. The paper explores reasons for the divergence by examining different answers to the following questions： 1） what does ＂knowing＂ a word mean？ 2） what is to be counted as a word？ 3） what words are to be tested？ and 4） how are the chosen words tested？ The paper then introduces two well-known standard vocabulary size tests. Finally, it puts forward some research options for the future development of vocabulary size test.

作者周颂波顾晔郭亚莉

机构地区浙江大学外国语言文化与国际交流学院浙江工业大学外国语学院

出处《外语界》 CSSCI 北大核心 2008年第1期90-95,共6页 Foreign Language World

关键词词汇量测试词频抽样题型 vocabulary size test frequency count sampling test method

分类号 H319 [语言文字—英语]

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