A Review of College English Test(CET)

This paper not only introduces the purpose and description of the College English Test(CET) but also evaluates its va-lidity, reliability, authenticity, interactiveness, practicality and impact on the basis of the usefulness framework proposed by Bach-man & Palmer(1996).

Evaluation on washback effects of College English Test Band 4

The paper is an evaluative research on the possible washback effects of College English Test. By comparing and analyzing the differences between the old and new tests, it points out three major changes and their possible washback effects on the process of English language teaching and learning： abandon the part of Grammar ＆ Vocabulary, increase the proportion of listening test and change the test reporting form.

Promoting Positive Backwash on Practical English Test for Colleges

Practical English Test for Colleges (PRETCO) is a large-scale national standardized EFL test for the students of higher vocational colleges,postsecondary specialized colleges,and colleges for adults.This thesis is for a preliminary research of PRETCO backwash based on previous studies from home and abroad,making use of their research methods and models.It attempts to explore the aspects of practical English learning of students from higher vocational colleges (HVC) influenced by PRETCO,and the nature of the backwash.Based on the results reported in the study,the writer analyzes the factors inducing negative backwash and puts forward some suggestions for promoting positive one.

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.

A Comparative Study of Relevance and Adaptation in Listening Corpus for College English Test Band 4 and 6

The relevance-adaptation theory can be said to be a combination of relevance theory and adaptation theory.It is a kind of cognition of context.Generally speaking,cognition context is a kind of mental cognition,which belongs to a form of mental structure recognition,relating to the knowledge,understanding and relevance of discourse information in this context.This article mainly elaborates the operation mechanism of relevance and adaptation theory and the comparison of relevance of College English Test Band 4 and 6.This can be used as a reference for relevant academic staff.

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.

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.

College English Test: Reliability, Validity and Washback Effect

The intent of this paper is to evaluate College English Test(CET)’s reliability,validity and washback effect in the con⁃text of language assessment by applying Brown’s framework of test usefulness.The result of literature review and discussion shows that CET’s student-related reliability and rater reliability for writing section are unfavorable while its test administration reliability and rater reliability for CETSET has been increasing;CET’s content and construct validity are getting improved but its criterionrelated validity has been violated due to students’inappropriate learning attitude;CET’s negative washback has been caused due to the overemphasis on passing rate,but previous surveys shows positive washback in teaching and learning as students’reading and oral communication abilities have been improved.In the end,three suggestions for CET’s development are summed up:empha⁃sis less on test result;inform students with the significance of CET’s reform;the relationship among testing,teaching and learning should be built into a mutual promotion format.

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.

Teaching ,Learning &Testing-Reconsideratios on the Pathway for Improving College English Teaching and Learning

The persistent and indefatigable efforts of all the College English teachers have brought about great changes in colle ge English teaching and learning in t he past few years.These changes,however,may be summa rized within the framework of a shift from one form of test -oriented teaching and learnin g to another.In reality,much has yet to be done to improve the language abilities of the studen ts.Under such circumstances,nationwi de English examinations or unified e xaminations at var-ious levels,are bound to make things even worse by misleading college and university teachers in their teaching practice.In this p aper,the author claims that College English teachers and their students should be freed from t he confinement of the unified examin ations so that they will be able to build a real learner -centr ed curriculum as far as possible according to their own needs.Finally,some tentative ideas are presented on the pathway for imp roving the quality of the College English teaching and learning.

On College English Final Exams Within a University

This paper discusses the importance of a well-written college English final exam within a university at the end of each semester, the directive function of such an exam, the valuable informative feedback of the detailed scores, the necessity and importance of informing students of the general format of the exam and types of items as early as possible. It also deals with the importance of formative evaluation, the functions of regular scores, problems in retests that test-makers should pay attention to and the different organizations of test-makers.

A Study and Evaluation of CET-SET for Chinese College Students

Having been implemented since the year 1987, College English Test(CET) is now a national English test used to measure college students' English language competence and promote English language teaching and learning in classrooms. And later in 1999 national CTE committee launched College English Test-Spoken English Test(CET-SET) and started to include speaking as one part but not a compulsory part of this assessment. Now still only a small group of candidates can take CET- SET,which suggested by many researchers could bring harmful backwash to classroom teaching. Therefore, this paper presents a study and evaluation of CET-SET for college students in China. It mainly divides into four parts. Part one gives an introduction about the teaching contexts of college students and their needs for English study. Part two discusses the harmful backwash from CET as well as the reasons and needs to introduce and recommend CET-SET. The third part sheds light on the strengths of CETSET including its beneficial backwash, the test format and the scoring system. The last part talks about its weakness and provide some suggestions and modifications.

A Description of Oral Errors for English Speaking Learners in Technical Colleges

Technical college students often commit different oral errors in their English learning. The type of students'spoken English errors is analyzed in this paper and the common errors are classified into four groups: phonological errors, lexical errors, grammatical errors and pragmatic errors. The result shows that lexical errors and grammatical errors are more common for learners from technical colleges.

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.

Research on the Content Validity of the CET-4 Fast Reading Test

Content validity is an important part of language testing.In this paper,the content validity of the CET-4 fast reading test is analyzed in terms of expected response and text input.The result of final research shows that the content validity of the fast reading test is high with some limitations proposed.

大规模英语口语考试评分质量保障体系建设——以CET-SET6在线评分为例

大规模外语口语考试在线评分质量体系建设是一项系统工程,也是保障评分信度和可靠性的关键环节。在全国大学英语四、六级考试(CET)在线评分流程顶层设计指导下,三维度在线评分质量保障体系将口语评分过程中样卷及培训卷挑选流程、评分员培训流程、评分过程动态监控流程三个不同层面的子系统一环扣一环关联起来,使标准化工作机制一步一步落到实处。该体系从宏观和微观的管理视角,自上而下而又自下而上地从不同层面对评分误差进行控制,以降低评分中因评分员主观因素造成的给分差异。CET-SET6在线评分实践表明,该保障体系的实施提升了CET-SET评分信度和效度,有效保障了评分质量。该体系的建设也可为提高大规模、高风险考试在线评分信度、效度及质量管理水平提供一定的借鉴和参考。