纸笔大学英语四级听力测试及机考大学英语四级听力测试对比的研究.pdf

parts in CET, listening comprehension experienced the greatest changes either in its content or its structure. In total, the weight of the listening comprehension increased from 20% to 35% of the total, and the time spent on this part has increased from 20 minutes to 35 minutes. In detail, the second part, listening to passages and answer some multiple choice questions, is reserved; the old Conversation part is divided into two parts, Short Conversation and Long Conversation, and a new part, named Compound Dictation is added. Apart from emphasizing that the objectives of College English teaching are to improve students’ comprehensive skills, especially listening and speaking abilities, College English Curriculum Requirements (trial version) (2004) also states that modern information technology should be sufficiently used to explore the internet-based English listening and speaking teaching mode. In order to be further in accordance with College English Curriculum Requirements, CET undertook experimental reform again in 2008 and internet-based CET4 pilot tests have been carried out in 50 universities and internet-based CET6 pilot tests were first administered in December, 2009. In this reform, it is also the listening component that adopted the greatest changes. It is not only a reform of test content and structure but also a reform of testing method. At present, the internet-based CET is still at pilot-test stage, and the number of students who took it is limited, so most of front-line teachers and some scholars are not familiar with this new form of CET and may even