三类写作任务条件下外国CFL学习者作文语言特征

A Study into the Effect of Three Types of Writing Tasks on Linguistic Features of CFL Learners' Compositions

综合性写作测试任务成为不同语种大规模高风险考试广泛采用的新题型,针对性研究成为必需。运用13项指标对94名外国CFL汉语学习者无材料、读写结合、读听写作文文本分析结果显示:综合性写作任务更有助于考生产出高质量的作文文本,其动词使用正确率、副词使用正确率、词序不当句子数和比例、关联词数及正确率、特殊句型及其正确率、习语及其正确率等统计值显著高于无材料作文;在三类任务中,读听写作文指标整体最好;但对部分汉语水平低的考生来说,综合性写作任务的复杂度高,需慎重选择阅读和听力材料。

Integrative writing assessment tasks have become a new question type widely applied to large scale standard tests for different languages , thus calling for targeted research. The present study probes into the features of 94 CFL （Chinese as a foreign language） subjects＇ compositions in three task types： impromptu writ- ing, reading-writing integrative task, and reading-listening-writing integrative task according to 13 indicators. The results showed that integrative writing helps activate high-quality texts in terms of accuracy rate of verbs, accuracy rate of adverbs, the ratio of sentences with correct word order, the number of cohesive devices and their accuracy rate, the number of special sentence patterns and their accuracy rate, the number of idiomatic expressions and their accuracy rate and so on; Among the three types, reading-listening-writing integrative task stimulates the best compositions according to the indicators on the whole; However, to those candidates who have a lower proficiency of Chinese, integrative writing tasks are highly complicated, thus calling for a prudent selection of reading and listening materials.