With Daly,Horwitz and Y-S-Cheng's theoretical model of second language writing anxiety as research framework,this thesis surveyed English majors'English writing anxiety.Findings of the present study show that ...With Daly,Horwitz and Y-S-Cheng's theoretical model of second language writing anxiety as research framework,this thesis surveyed English majors'English writing anxiety.Findings of the present study show that all of the English major stu dents experience English writing anxiety.There is no significant difference in English anxiety among students from three different grades.There is significant difference in English writing anxiety between the students who hold positive attitudes towards English writing and those who hold negative attitudes towards English writing and there is significant difference in English writing anxi ety among students who rated their English writing good,average and bad.Results from the qualitative study show the reasons why there is little difference in English writing anxiety among students from three different grades.What's more,it is shown that the poor writing skills,cognitive anxiety,test anxiety and erroneous beliefs toward English writing are the main sources of Eng lish writing anxiety.展开更多
English majors usually have learned English for at least six years at middle school, but there are still many grammatical errors in their writing and speaking. Such errors even still remain after four-year English lea...English majors usually have learned English for at least six years at middle school, but there are still many grammatical errors in their writing and speaking. Such errors even still remain after four-year English learning at university. Such problem has troubled many teachers teaching English Grammar. Therefore, the paper attempts to study the ways of improving English majors＇ grammatical competence. It is concluded that reform of grammar test should be carried out to guide grammar teaching and learning, error analysis should be conducted to decide what to teach, and an output-oriented approach should be employed to meet the requirements of leamers＇ future profession.展开更多
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 sou...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.展开更多
It is quite necessary for teachers of English to know the basic knowledge and techniques about how to design good English testpapers. To meet this necessity, this paper first tells of the basic principles and requirem...It is quite necessary for teachers of English to know the basic knowledge and techniques about how to design good English testpapers. To meet this necessity, this paper first tells of the basic principles and requirements of designing English test papers, then the procedures,and, at last, the characters of some test questions and the techniques when designing them.展开更多
本文探讨了全国商务英语专业英语四级考试能力量表的设计,以2013年的笔试数据为依据,对考试的信度和效度进行分析,并运用多面R A S C H模型,测量了试卷各题目的难度,以检验该考试的区分度和权威性。统计结果显示,该考试具有良好的信度...本文探讨了全国商务英语专业英语四级考试能力量表的设计,以2013年的笔试数据为依据,对考试的信度和效度进行分析,并运用多面R A S C H模型,测量了试卷各题目的难度,以检验该考试的区分度和权威性。统计结果显示,该考试具有良好的信度和效度,试题能够合理区分考生,符合测试学的要求,适用于大规模考试。本文对测试题的改进和今后如何完善该考试提出了建议。展开更多
文摘With Daly,Horwitz and Y-S-Cheng's theoretical model of second language writing anxiety as research framework,this thesis surveyed English majors'English writing anxiety.Findings of the present study show that all of the English major stu dents experience English writing anxiety.There is no significant difference in English anxiety among students from three different grades.There is significant difference in English writing anxiety between the students who hold positive attitudes towards English writing and those who hold negative attitudes towards English writing and there is significant difference in English writing anxi ety among students who rated their English writing good,average and bad.Results from the qualitative study show the reasons why there is little difference in English writing anxiety among students from three different grades.What's more,it is shown that the poor writing skills,cognitive anxiety,test anxiety and erroneous beliefs toward English writing are the main sources of Eng lish writing anxiety.
文摘English majors usually have learned English for at least six years at middle school, but there are still many grammatical errors in their writing and speaking. Such errors even still remain after four-year English learning at university. Such problem has troubled many teachers teaching English Grammar. Therefore, the paper attempts to study the ways of improving English majors＇ grammatical competence. It is concluded that reform of grammar test should be carried out to guide grammar teaching and learning, error analysis should be conducted to decide what to teach, and an output-oriented approach should be employed to meet the requirements of leamers＇ future profession.
文摘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.
文摘It is quite necessary for teachers of English to know the basic knowledge and techniques about how to design good English testpapers. To meet this necessity, this paper first tells of the basic principles and requirements of designing English test papers, then the procedures,and, at last, the characters of some test questions and the techniques when designing them.
文摘本文探讨了全国商务英语专业英语四级考试能力量表的设计,以2013年的笔试数据为依据,对考试的信度和效度进行分析,并运用多面R A S C H模型,测量了试卷各题目的难度,以检验该考试的区分度和权威性。统计结果显示,该考试具有良好的信度和效度,试题能够合理区分考生,符合测试学的要求,适用于大规模考试。本文对测试题的改进和今后如何完善该考试提出了建议。
