国内外语教育形成性评价研究述评:回顾与建议

Formative assessment research in foreign language education of China: Review and suggestions

本研究基于国内12种CSSCI外语类核心期刊以及1种外语类评价专业期刊*本文文献来自以下12本CSSCI收录期刊:《解放军外国语学院学报》《外语电化教学》《外语教学》《外语教学理论与实践》《外语教学与研究》《外语界》《外语研究》《外语与外语教学》《中国翻译》《中国外语教育前沿》《外语学刊》《中国外语》;1本外语类评价专业期刊:《外语测试与教学》。上的97篇形成性评价相关研究文章(截至2018年12月30日),对国内外语教育领域形成性评价的研究现状进行述评。本文首先分析所有文献在发表时间和研究类型(课程类型、教育层次、研究主题、研究方法)层面的数量分布,宏观地呈现了国内这一研究领域的研究发展趋势和研究者偏好。接着本文围绕文献涉及的主要研究主题(评价方法和系统、评价影响因素、评价效度、评价素养)对相关研究进行了评析,微观地呈现了国内外语教育研究领域在这些重要研究主题上的研究进展和不足。最后,基于上述分析,本文为国内外语教育形成性评价研究的未来发展提出了建议。

This study is based on the research efforts made so far published on 97 papers collected from 12 CSSCI journals about foreign language education and 1 journal specializing in foreign language teaching and testing(As of December 30, 2018). In this paper:(1) a quantitative distribution of the articles are presented according to publishing time and research category (course type, education level, research focus and research method) in order to reveal the general trend of research efforts and preferences of researchers in Chinese foreign language education;(2) the 97 papers are reviewed under four research focus (assessment method and system, factors affecting assessment practices, assessment validity and assessment literacy) in order to show where the Chinese researchers are in following these vital research topics;(3) based on (1) and (2), suggestions are made for future research efforts in the field of foreign language education of China.