外语词汇测试能评价学习者语言交际能力吗?

On English Vocabulary Test and the Test of Communicative Competence

本文首先介绍Read先生新著全书的结构,然后顺着书中的内容分别谈什么是词,什么是词汇知识,词汇测试考什么,怎么考以及需不需要上下文.本文根据阅读该书得出的结论是,从Read先生所讨论的情况看,我们发现在当今世界语言测试强调测试语言交际能力的主流时,词汇测试仍然停留在离散测试的阶段.

This article introduces the whole structure of John Read's new book first. Then it deals with how John Read discusses what vocabulary is, what vocabulary knowledge is, what to assess in vocabulary testing, how to assess it and whether it is necessary to provide the context. The conclusion is that from what we read in his book, vocabulary testing or assessing is still in the stage of discreet testing, in the mainstream of language testing emphasising communicative competence in the world.