There has been much heated discussion on College English Test for non-English majors Band 4 and Band 6 because it has exerted great influence on English teaching in Chinese universities. This essay is intended to expl...There has been much heated discussion on College English Test for non-English majors Band 4 and Band 6 because it has exerted great influence on English teaching in Chinese universities. This essay is intended to explore the reliability, validity,practicality and washback of this large-scale test by focusing on CET Band 4. The author of this report discusses the merits as well as some existing problems of this test and offers some suggestions at the end of the essay.展开更多
Having examined the role, format and usefulness of test specifications in test development and evaluation, this paper sets out to investigate the significance of test specifications in the process of reading assessmen...Having examined the role, format and usefulness of test specifications in test development and evaluation, this paper sets out to investigate the significance of test specifications in the process of reading assessment. In order to exemplify how test specifications facilitate the operationalization of test construct and the development of items/tasks, this paper makes a close analysis of the new TEM4 reading test specifications. It is hoped that the discussion will throw light on how to translate construct into operational terms in test design and development.展开更多
The usefulness of sense relation in facilitating reading comprehension is obvious. This paper analyzes its function in the correct understanding of a piece of written information.
This study was designed to investigate how college English teachers perceived the impact of College English Test Band 4(CET 4) on their curricular planning and instruction. Findings from this study indicate that CET 4...This study was designed to investigate how college English teachers perceived the impact of College English Test Band 4(CET 4) on their curricular planning and instruction. Findings from this study indicate that CET 4 has an influential impact on teachers' curricular planning and instruction. However, this washback influence is quite superficial, that is, the washback may influence what they teach but not how they teach. The findings were expected to provide different levels of educational parties with information about how curriculum standards and examination objectives might be interpreted. More importantly, the findings should contribute to bridging the gaps between the educational parties and ultimately lead to an improvement of CET 4 design and college English education.展开更多
文摘There has been much heated discussion on College English Test for non-English majors Band 4 and Band 6 because it has exerted great influence on English teaching in Chinese universities. This essay is intended to explore the reliability, validity,practicality and washback of this large-scale test by focusing on CET Band 4. The author of this report discusses the merits as well as some existing problems of this test and offers some suggestions at the end of the essay.
文摘Having examined the role, format and usefulness of test specifications in test development and evaluation, this paper sets out to investigate the significance of test specifications in the process of reading assessment. In order to exemplify how test specifications facilitate the operationalization of test construct and the development of items/tasks, this paper makes a close analysis of the new TEM4 reading test specifications. It is hoped that the discussion will throw light on how to translate construct into operational terms in test design and development.
文摘The usefulness of sense relation in facilitating reading comprehension is obvious. This paper analyzes its function in the correct understanding of a piece of written information.
文摘This study was designed to investigate how college English teachers perceived the impact of College English Test Band 4(CET 4) on their curricular planning and instruction. Findings from this study indicate that CET 4 has an influential impact on teachers' curricular planning and instruction. However, this washback influence is quite superficial, that is, the washback may influence what they teach but not how they teach. The findings were expected to provide different levels of educational parties with information about how curriculum standards and examination objectives might be interpreted. More importantly, the findings should contribute to bridging the gaps between the educational parties and ultimately lead to an improvement of CET 4 design and college English education.
