语言测试之阅读 2.ppt

Assessing Reading;Structures;Part One Contents;Part Two Introduction;(5) In chapter five, the author examined at some length the classic approach to test design. (6) In chapter six, he listed some situations in which reading is assessed in relation to uses . (7) Chapter seven talked about the use of particular techniques with different texts and the relationship between text type and text task.;(8) In chapter eight, the author explored the longitudinal aspects of the construct of reading, by looking at views of how reading ability develops over time. (9) Chapter nine is more speculative in nature, and explores how aspects of the reading process that have been recently considered to be important can be assessed. ;Part Three Characters;(2) Chapter 2—— Variables that Affect the Nature of Reading Reader variable Reader skills and abilities Other,stable,reader characteristics Text variables ;Text topic and content (abstract vs concrete text、specialist vs non-specialist text ) Text type and genre （explository vs narrative text) Literary and non-literary (literary vs non-literary) Text organisation (coherence、squence) Traditional linguistic variables (vocabulary、syntax、discourse、context) Text readability (linguistic feature--lexical density and syntactic complexity) Typographical features (text layout and presentation) Verbal and non-verbal information The medium of text presentation (paper 、computer screen）;(3) Chapter 4—— The reader: defining the construct of reading ability Test specifications exemplified: DIALANG [P126] The First Certificate in English (FCE) [P129] The International... (IELTS) [P131] A scale of reading development from Council of Europe Common European Framework. [P134] Constructs of reading and constructs of communicative language ability (1) Strategic competence in reading (2) Linguistic competence in reading (3) Discourse competence in reading (4) Sociolinguistic competence in reading;(4) Chapter 5——A framework for test design Th