博士研究生英语入学考试的个案分析

A Case Study of English Entrance Examination for PhD Candidates

从难易程度、考试题型与测试方式等方面来看,博士研究生英语入学考试在校际间存在着较大的差异,因此我院这一考试无疑具有其特殊性。笔者把中国社会科学院研究生院博士研究生英语入学考试作为个案,在回顾历史演化和现状发展的基础上,通过对考试难度、难度变化与难度合理性等因素的统计分析,提出未来在考试命题和测试方式等方面的调整建议,从而使这一考试能够更加科学与公正。

As to the difficulty level,question types and test modalities,there exists significant dissimilarity in the English Entrance Examinations for PhD candidates among the different schools.Therefore,the English Entrance Examination for PhD candidates of CASS undoubtedly possesses its particularity and characteristics.As a case study of this examination, based on the historical evolution and the current situation,this paper makes a statistic analysis on difficulty level,the adjustment of difficulty level and rationality of difficulty level, raises the modified proposal on the test modalities and the test setting and looks forward to more scientific and equitable examination in the future.