交际策略与口语测试

Communication strategies and oral testing

本文探讨从交际策略的角度评定口语水平的可行性.文章采取图片描述任务,比较了14名中国学生和59名外国留学生在17个信息点上的表现.结果发现,留学生水平越低,提到的信息点越少;留学生作为一个整体,他们提到的信息点显著低于中国学生.无论是在信息点的数量上,还是在表达信息点的语言形式上,都没能发现可以用来评定口语水平等级的可靠标准.虽然如此,本文的发现对于对外汉语教学还是有意义的,文章以"把字句"为例对此进行了讨论.

In this article, we present a study on the feasibility of evaluating oral proficiency from a communication strategy perspective. We made a comparison of the performances of 14 native speakers of Chinese and those of 59 learners of Chinese as a second language (CSL) on 17 information bits related to a picture-depicting task. A statistically significant difference was found between the information bits that were mentioned in the performances of the native speakers and those of CSL learners. A same result was observed among the three groups of CSL learners at various levels of oral proficiency. Some interesting differences were also found in regard of language forms used to express the information bits. On the other hand, we failed to find a reliable criterion that could be used for evaluating oral performance. Nevertheless, the findings of the investigation have important implications for pedagogy. We discuss this issue with focusing on the teaching of the Bǎ-sentence in particular.