大学英语四、六级快速阅读的文本分析——基于自建小型语料库的实证研究

A Text Analysis of Skimming and Scanning in CET4 and CET6——An Empirical Study Based on a Self-established Small Corpus

通过收集2008年—2011年英语四、六级考试快速阅读部分的文本,尝试通过自建小型语料库,运用Wordsmith4.0和SPSS13.0对文本进行词汇分析:分别统计四、六级快速阅读在形符数、类符数、类符/形符、标准化类符/形符、平均词长和句子数目方面的基本情况,纵向研究历年考试情况,横向比较四、六级快速阅读的差异。同时,根据已获得的数据,对形符数和类符数做出总体平均数的推断,希望为教师和学生提供一些帮助,为英语阅读教学和四级、六级应试训练提供一些有益的指导和启发。

A small corpus is established through collecting reading materials of Skimming and Scanning in CET4 and CET6 from 2008 to 2011.A text analysis is conducted from the lexical perspective by using Wordsmith4.0 and SPSS13.0.Basic information,such as token,type,TTR,is gained and compared diachronically to see the average level and horizontally to see the degree of difference.Meanwhile,the number of tokens and types is inferred.It is hoped to be insightful to English reading instruction and exam-oriented training.