英语测试chapter1（在职硕士修改）.pptVIP

Practical Questions 1. What type of tests should we use? 2. How many tests do we need to develop? 3. What should be tested and to what standard? 4. How reliable should our tests be? 5. Are our test scores valid for this use? 6. How can we best interpret the results of our tests? Questions for discussion Do you like exams in your college study? Why? ( list three reasons) 2. As an English teacher, what kinds of English exams have you produced (constructed) before? Are they good or bad for your English teaching? 3. What do you want to know about the course? 4. What’s the significance of learning this course? a. language teaching and learning; b. language research; c. teaching technique research; d. selecting different qualified personals. In a word, we learn this course in order to gain some perceptual knowledge (感性认识) and rational cognition（理性认识） to reinforce learning and to motivate the student or primarily as a means of assessing the student’s performance in the language. 5. What do you expect to get from the course through 9 days learning? Writing English Language Tests ____J.B. Heaton (John Brian Heaton ) Brief Contents 1. Introduction to Language Testing 2. Approaches to Language Testing 3. Objective Testing 4. Tests of Grammar and Usage 5. Testing Vocabulary 6. Listening Comprehension Tests 7. Oral Production Tests Testing Reading Comprehension Testing the Writing Skills 10. Criteria and Types of Tests 11. Interpreting Test Scores Chapter One Introduction to Language Testing What’s the relationship between testing and teaching? What does a language test seek to find out? What should a good communicative test of language be like? Why test? What should be tested and to what standard? 1.1 What is meant by testing? Douglas Brown pointed out: “Whether we realize it or not, we test every day in virtually事实上 cognitive effort we make. When we read a boo