用层次分析法探求大学英语四级考试各题型最佳权重

Optimal Weighting in the Sections of CET4:An AHP Approach

大学英语四、六级考试改革的内容之一是各题型权重的较大调整。如何使各题型权重能最大程度地考查英语综合运用能力成了普遍关注的问题。本文以四级考试为例,运用层次分析法(AHP)设计面向大学英语教师的问卷,并通过数学工具与软件转换数据等,确定了四级考试各题型的新权重。本文就新权重与新旧四级考试题型权重之间的异同进行了讨论,该结论可以作为大学英语四级考试的决策的参考。

One of the measures in CET4 and CET6 reform is an adjustment in the weighting of the test sections.Therefore,what weighting is most appropriate in assessing students＇ English communicative competence has remained a biggest concern for most test-takers and teachers.This paper proposes an AHP（Analytical Hierarchy Process） approach to weighting for the sections in CET4,by way of a questionnaire survey of college teachers,and it sets the weightings for the different sections of CET4,following questionnaires administering,data transforming and data analyzing.Then,it discusses the similarity and difference in the weightings between the ＂new＂ and the ＂old＂ CET4.Overall,the findings from this study can provide some help for test-making as well as college English teaching.