湖南省中考英语书面表达内容效度历时研究(2015—2017)

A Diachronic Study on Content Validity of English Written Expression for the Entrance Examination of Senior High School in Hunan Province(2015—2017)

以湖南省2015—2017年42道中考英语书面表达试题为研究对象,运用数据统计与文本分析法,从内容维度对试题进行历时分析。研究发现:中考英语书面表达试题的体裁主要以应用文为主;题材贴近生活,紧跟时代且注重学生情感态度价值观的引导;信息提供形式丰富多样,直观性强,符合学生的英语思维习惯,易于考查学生语言组织能力和启发学生思考。但中考英语写作试题也存在体裁单一,题材的跨文化内容缺失、信息提示形式太多样等问题。基于研究的结果,尝试对湖南省中考英语书面表达试题的命制与写作教学两个方面提出一些思考与建议。

Taking 42 English written items of the entrance examination of senior high school in Hunan province(2015-2017)as the research object,the paper carries out a diachronic analysis from the content dimension through using data statistics and text analysis.The results show that its genre is mainly applied to the main text;the subject is closed to life,which is followed by the guidance of the values of students'emotional attitudes;the forms of information provided are various,which has great intuitionismand conforms to the students'English thinking habits for easily examining students'language organizing ability and inspiring students to think.However,there are also some problems in it,such as the lack of intercultural content and the diversity of information prompt.Based on the results of the study,some thoughts and suggestions are put forward on the two aspects including the proposition and teachingof English written expression in Hunan province.