Analysis of English Testing Based on Reliability Theory in Language Testing-Taking the English Midterm Test for the First Grade of a Middle School in Hangzhou as an Example

Based on the reliability theory in language testing,this study analyzes the midterm English test of a first grade class in Hangzhou using SPSS software.We will analyze the overall structure and reliability of the test paper,and use cloze as a representative of objective questions to calculate their difficulty and discrimination,in order to explore the quality of the questions and the mastery of the knowledge learned by students.The purpose of this analysis and research is to improve the quality of exam questions and help teachers get useful information from exam results,thereby improving teaching quality.

The Potential of Metaverse in Speaking Skills of English Education

The Metaverse,a three-dimensional(3D)virtual world network that includes social and economic interactions through virtual reality(VR)and augmented reality(AR)devices,has been recognized as a transformative concept in a variety of fields,including education.As technology advances at a rapid pace,the potential of the Metaverse to revolutionize teaching and learning has become increasingly prominent.Particularly in English education,the Metaverse offers promising solutions to address the challenges of oral English education during the COVID-19 era.This paper explores the potential of the Metaverse in enhancing oral English education and highlights its future possibilities.Drawing from the realms of AR and VR,this paper also examines teaching approaches and strategies that integrate the Metaverse into oral English instruction.By leveraging the immersive and interactive nature of the Metaverse,educators or students can create engaging learning experiences that foster oral English communication skills.

A Study of the English Oral Tests in Light of the Communicative Language Testing Theory

Speaking,as a productive skill,is a priority for many foreign-language learners.They often evaluate their success in language learning on the basis of how much they feel they have improved in their spoken language proficiency.Consequently,testing of oral skills has hardly been neglected in college English examination.The communicative testing theory in 1970s greatly influenced language testing,especially the oral tests.This essay briefly explores the theory of communicative language testing and discusses the methods of TOEFL oral test and college English oral test and proposes ways to the latter one for further improve ment.

Reliability and Validity of the English Oral Test

English oral test aimsto provide a fair and valid measure of a testee'soral proficiency so asto give an accurate description of his/her oral communicative ability.This paper analysesthe validity and reliability of the college entrance English oral test paper of Guangdong province of 2005.In designing an oral test,in order to make the test reliable,the teacher should take the following factors into consideration:test content,test method,testees'mood,rating scales and rater characteristics.

The Contrasts of English Sentences and Chinese Sentences and Translation Skills

Since the opening-up policy was carried out in 1979, every facility of social modernized construction has developed at high speed; meanwhile, the need of English is increased year by year. The occasion and scope of using it are expanded with the communications among countries. Therefore, English has become the generally international language in our country; in particular, translation plays an important and irreplaceable part in English to convey information. This paper aims to introduce the contrasts of English sentences and Chinese sentences and discuss some skills of translating each other. Though it is not complete and authoritative, yet it may help some people to understand the differences between two languages and to grasp some practical skills.

The Acquisition of Basic English Writing Skills

Writing well is no accident. Neither is it something students bring into the world with them. Writing well is a skill that is learned. It takes time and effort, but it is a learnable skill and can be achieved by everyone. This paper presents an overview of the basic skills of writing essays and papers in English, the kind of writing students use most often in college. It also reviews the main elements of grammar and the principles of good writing--the base upon which students learn or build their skills.

The Writing Skills of Business English

Business English in our society today is more and more important that we should how to learn English? People from different cultural backgrounds to communicate the process are cross-cultural communication.This morning from language,and introduced the be ginning,end,the structure of the middle discussed.Business English writing direct relationship between our work life,must treat seriously business English writing.

On Improving Students＇ Listening Proficiency From Correlation Analysis Between English Listening and Other English Skills

Researches have proved that in human beings＇ actual languange communication, listening is the most important part. However, in English learning, listening seems always to be a weakness for many Chinese students. English learning is a systematic process, during which, English listening proficience is influeced by many factors. Therefore, from the systematicness and inner relations in English learning and based on qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis between English listening and other English skills in English listening, this paper tries to give the correlation analysis and accordingly give some suggestions to improve listening proficiency for ESL （English as a second language） learners

Practice Analysis on the Teaching Theory and Skills of English Translation

As a universal language, English makes a better communication between China and the developed countries;English language teaching has become increasingly important in more and more Chinese Schools. At the beginning, when Chinese students start to learn a second language, they need to translate the second language such as English into Chinese in the first hand, and this procedure will help them to understand and learn English better. For English language translation teachers, they need to research and create the suitable, effective method of learning English translation for most students constantly in order to improve the English translation learning efficiency of the Chinese students. The local culture of China is quite different from the culture of other English speaking countries. When our Chinese students study English language translation, at the same time, they need to learn the different culture in different countries and learn how to accept and face up the cultural background difference between our country and the other English speaking countries. In the meantime, during the time of teaching English translation, the English translation subject teachers need to guide the students to learn and understand the difference in practice, and help them to establish a comprehensive and correct idea of learning English translation through teaching correct and different translation skills.

The Application of Itest Paperless Test System in College English Teaching

In the process of public foreign language teaching,teaching evaluation is an indispensable part.With the rapid development of modern science and technology in China,major publishing houses are competing to research various software platforms related to public foreign languages,and carry out the research on the application evaluation of paperless teaching in various disciplines.Among them,the application effect is more prominent is the ITest test platform of FLTRP.This year,our school comprehensively adopts ITest as a means of English teaching evaluation.This paper will focus on the advantages and difficulties of paperless assessment in the process of teaching assessment based on this system,which is of great significance to the future foreign language teaching management of our college.

Study on the Factors Affecting the Ability of Higher Vocational College Students in Practical English Test

Practical English test for higher vocational colleges is examining students learning effect, curriculum arrangement and teaching model rationality, and it is one of the important propositions in the study of English application ability. In practical English test, concreteness, pertinence and practicability are emphasized. It is closely linked with the students＇ knowledge practice and attracts more attention from school teachers and students to a large extent. In the real interactive teaching and learning, the scores of higher vocational college students in practical English test are affected by many factors. In this paper, the factors affecting the ability of higher vocational college students in practical English test are discussed from teaching model, learning strategies, and the cultivation of the students＇ English comprehensive ability.

An Investigation into the Development of a Spoken English Test

This paper investigates the development of a spoken English test.The nature of speaking test and its design principles are first reviewed.Then the procedure of the test development is elaborated in detail,namely,design stage,construction stage and try out stage.The challenges facing the development of spoken test are finally discussed.

Validity Study on the Test Paper of the Academic English Reading and Writing Course

The aim of this study is to conduct the validity analysis of the test paper of the academic English reading and writing course referring to the freshmen of non-English majors in a university of Technology in Shanghai.The validity is mainly analyzed from these three aspects:the content and construct validity,the reaction process,and the internal structure of the test paper.And the principles of language assessment in the design of the test paper are given in this study.The validity study was also conducted in a class with 42 freshmen,and the scores of them were analyzed through the internal correlation coefficient from Statistic Package for Social Science(SPSS)25.0.Finally,the validity of the test paper is concluded.

Being Tested With Inequity A theoretical analysis of legitimate English in IETLS and TOEFL

With the ever increasing popularity of international standardized English proficiency tests,the test takers' craze for them has nev er been greater.However,the issue of the inequity which comes from the legitimate knowledge which decides a test-taker's score hasn't been fully exposed.The theoretical study of this issue in this paper helps explore the legitimate knowledge tested in international English proficiency tests.By examining the legitimate knowledge in the sample tests of IELTS and TOEFL,the study reveals the underlying bias which constitutes a decent score for the test takers.In the end,the study proposes a more balanced assessment model for discussion.

Correlation and Regression Analyses on the Washback effects of Achievement Oral Test on College English Learning

The purpose of this study was to investigate how washback effect of a reformed test influenced students'perspectives in their spoken English learning. This study was expected to enrich the existing literature in testing washback in English as a foreign language context.Findings indicate that the adding of oral part in achievement test does have a positive washback effect on students'learning. However, such a washback effect on students'learning is quite superficial and limited.

Assessment of Oral English: Testing the Non-English Major Students at Guangxi TCM University in P.R. China

This paper intends to give a brief overview of oral English testing for non-English major students in Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM) University, which is located in a minority autonomous province in the southern part of P.R. China. It arises from the concrete problems facing Chinese teachers of English who feel troubled when offering an oral English test to an ever increasing number of non-English major students at the end of each semester. The frustration comes not only from the labor intensive and time consuming activity but also from the surrounding ethical issues of subjectivity by the teachers and of injustice to the students to give and receive fair marks. Moreover, there is a conflicting gap between the criteria used by the foreign native English speaking teachers and Chinese teachers of English because of their different cultural background and concept of testing. Nevertheless, an oral English test was designed and the procedures were devised, adopted, and administered to assess the student’s performance. The test and procedures, based on the national course syllabus for testing non-English majors, the level of attainment in oral English of the students, and the limited number of teaching personnel in the TCM University, utilized two different approaches. The native English speakers follow their own concept of devising formats of group testing procedures and assessment criteria forms highlighting communicative interaction. Meanwhile, the Chinese teachers of English emphasize individual rehearsed presentations and ask the student to follow up questions, to make further comment, and inquire about learning experience from the passage in order to make assessment and evaluation. Final student scores were calculated by combining daily participation of the student, the assessment foreign teacher, and the evaluation of Chinese teachers.

An Analysis of English Listening Test-taking Skills and Strategies for College Entrance Examination under A New Field of View

As we all know, listening has always been a weak point in students' English learning. Doing English listening tests often encounter some difficulties. At the same time, many students have a serious fear of listening test, and listening itself has a transient effect, so students should be able to calmly cope with the listening test to play the best level. In addition, students need to understand the types of the college entrance examination listening test , listen to more listening practice and lay a solid foundation. Students should also master some listening skills, so as to obtain high scores.

The Problems and the Reform of College English Test in China

Beginning with the analysis of the problems that the College English Test （CET） in China has brought about in recent years, this paper aims to introduce its recent reform both in the test contents and the management system, administered by Ministry of Education of China.

An Empirical Study on the Reliability and Validity of English Tests

The paper makes a study on six parts, namely, speaking, writing, sentence, cloze, reading and listening in an English test with students at two different proficiency levels. Their score data were studied through reliability analysis, validity analysis, factor analysis and analysis of variance ( ANOVA) to conduct the validation of this English test. The paper tries to explore the score data internal consistency, group difference recognition to maintain the objectivity and accuracy in English tests.

A Study on the Historical Development of the English Phrasal Verb and the syntactic test

English phrasal verb originated from Old English,and originally produced in Anglo-Saxon.It evoluted and developed through different historical stages from Old English,Middle English to Early Modern English,and it has now become a very active and rapidly developing part of Contemporary English.A study on the historical development and the syntactic test methods of phrasal verbs can make us fully distinguish the relations and differences between English phrasal verbs,prepositional verbs and Prepositional phrase verbs.It is easy to grasp the usage of English phrasal verb after understanding the word formation characteristics.