任务类型对中国英语学习者写作表现的影响

The effect of task type on Chinese EFL learners' writing performance

本文从测试方法效应角度入手,通过对比分析中国英语学习者高、低水平组各90名学生无材料、读写和读听写作文,认为在有效避免抄袭的前提下:1)综合型写作任务能够有效测量考生英语写作能力,其作文内容丰富性和结构优化程度高;2)在语言测试中,综合性任务更适合高水平考生;在教学训练中,该类任务有利于所有受试语言复杂度和流利度发展、并通过完善布局充分表达思想;3)考生读听写作文质量最高、能有效消解抄袭弊端,无材料作文居中,读写作文得分最低;4)受试的多元识读能力总体较低。

The present study compares 90 high-level and 90 low-level group testees' compositions of impromptu writing, reading-to-write and reading-listening-writing. The results indicate that(1) integrated writing tasks can effectively measure testees' English writing ability and contribute to the enhancement of content richness and organization optimization;(2) this type of task benefits high-level subjects' language complexity, fluency, thought expressing, and organization enormously;(3) the reading-listeningwriting task yields the best writings, with impromptu writing ranking the midway and reading-to-write the worst;(4) the overall multiliteracy of all testees is relatively low.