语言测试教案1-1.pptVIP

An Introduction  to  English Language Testing  Dong Jiali jialidong111@126.com Questions for discussion : What do you know about the course ? Do you like exams in your college study and life? Why? ( list three reasons) What kinds of English exams have you had before? Are they good or bad for your English learning? What do you want to know about the course? What do you expect to get from the course through 10 weeks learning? 1.Past of English Language testing: “语言测试，这里主要指外语测试，是随着外语教学而出现的。教学和测试有着密切的关系，要了解测试的历史，必须了解教学的历史”（李筱菊，1997）。 语言观 ：语言教学，教的是什么？语言测试， 测试的是什么？ How do you view language and its function can influence the testing approach I.Four types of English Language Testing Approaches 1. The Grammar-translation or the essay- translation approach. Before 40s －60s’ :the traditional teaching approach Language testing :pre-scientific testing period ( no established as well as scientific theory base. 主流的外语教学基本上是一种凭经验、遵传统的教学，把语言当纯知识教，当纯知识测。 Characteristics :---------- no established scientific theory to underpin it ---------- address the rote learning and memory ----------very subjectivity -----------manual marking totally -----------no particular language skills or ability is required Form of Testing paper : translation ,grammar analysis and writing 2. The structuralist-psychometic approach ( 结构主义－心理测量法或分离分析测试法) the early 60s――70s’ 人们开始认识到，关于语言的规则的知识不等于语言本身，学了前者不等于学到后者，有人提出：教语言，教的应该是‘语言’，不应该是关于语言。以美国语言学家Bloomfield，1933；Fries，1945；Lado，1957等为代表的结构主义语言学派（structural linguistics），第一次对语言的形式系统作了客观的科学的分析。观点：语言是一套符合系统，一套形式结构。语言观的内涵：语言是一套形式系统。学语言考语言，学的考的正是操作这套形式系统的技能（skills）。教学语言观点的内涵从知识变为技能，体现了第二代体系对第一代体系的反叛。 Theory base: the structural linguistics and psychometrics Language ： pronunciation，vocabulary ，spelling， grammar ，sentence， discourse ， Char