析“试题:社会再生产的合法载体”——语言社会学视角

On Test Questions:the Lawful Carrier of Social Reproduction

试题不仅是评价师生教学成效的载体,而且是进行社会再生产的合法载体。作为后者,试题不但是社会阶层再生产的合法载体,而且是文化传统再生产的载体,其运作机制是通过区分受教育者的语言能力/语言资本来进行的。从语言社会学视角对试题作为社会再生产合法载体的分析,有助于人们对考试的公平性、合理性有更深刻的认识。

Test questions are not only the carrier of evaluating teaching-learning effect, but also the lawful carrier of social reproduction. Concerning the latter, test questions are both the lawful carrier of the reproduction of social classes and the carrier of the reproduction of cultural tradition, which function through differentiating students’ language ability and language capital. By analyzing the test questions as the lawful carrier of social reproduction from the perspective of sociology of language, we can help people to have a better understading of the justification and rationality of test questions.