测试学考察论文.docx

湖南第一师范学院外语系 英语测试学 考查卷（2012—2013学年第 2学期）　　专业班级 英语10班 学号 10404041014 姓名 蓝方伶 评分等级 I. Thesis Writing.（100 points）Directions: For this part, you are required to write an English thesis on the topic about writing English language tests, and you should write at least 800 words.Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.Objective testingAbstract:A?language?test?which?seeks?to?find?out?what?candidates?can?do?with?language?provides?a?focus?for?purposeful,?everyday?communication?activities.?Such?a?test?will?have?a?more?useful?effect?on?the?learning?of?a?particular?language?than?a?mechanical?test?of?structure.?Such?a?test?will?have?a?more?useful?effect?on?the?learning?of?a?particular?language?than?a?mechanical?test?of?structure. Keywords: objective; subjective; multiple-choice; alternativeI. Introductiontesting can set an objective for language learners-the subject of language learning-to achieve, which in turn can be a motivator for them to study hard. Though the motivation coming from passing the examination belongs to what Gardner called ‘instrumental motivation’, which he believed would increase language learners’ affective filter and vanish once the aim has been achieved, many studies demonstrate that language learners with the ‘instrumental motivation’ are liable to succeed compared with those with the integrative motivation since they have much more enthusiasm for the language study and more devoted to it in a certain period. Therefore we may conclude that the testing could be a powerful propeller to motivate the language learners’ independent study and accelerate the whole learning process. What’s more, through the testing,the student can have a better understanding of the study target, find his or her own strong points and weakness, so that he can take corresponding measures to remedy the situation.II. Types of objective testing2.1 Multiple-choice items:generalEach?mu