社会认知框架在二语听力测试研究中的理论建设和实施路径探索

Future Research Directions on the Theory and Practice of Socio-cognitive Validity Framework in L2 Listening Assessment

秉承Messick的整体效度观,Weir结合社会建构主义理论提出了“社会认知框架”。该框架采用技术主义的效验模式,在听力、口语、阅读、写作技能方面都有各自的测试框架,不但具有操作方便、针对性强的特点,还具备探索多元化的测试及任务类型的可塑性。其听力测试框架经由Geranpayeh和Taylor的全面改进,内容更加科学合理。为探索该框架的特色及未来研究方向,对整体框架进行综合性介绍,总结二语听力测试的相关研究现状,并展望了听力框架的未来研究方向。

Adopting both the unitary concept of validity by Messick and the theoretical perspectives of social constructivism,SCF(socio-cognitive validation framework)is a popular approach to validation,which is proposed by Weir.Equipped with a technicalist approach to validation,SCF sets up 4 individual frameworks for the basic language skills including listening,speaking,reading and writing,which are user-friendly and have a strong focus on the construct,with potential use for more complex assessment tools.Among the four of them,the listening framework has received an overall upgrade from its original version by Taylor and Geranpayeh,which makes it more justifiable and up to date in details.In order to explore the potentials of the listening framework and its future research directions,this paper starts with a comprehensive review of SCF,followed by a summary of the current achievements in listening assessment in this line of research,and finally proposed a number of future perspectives for SCF based researches on listening assessments.