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Chapter1OverviewofLanguageTesting
ContentThenatureoflanguagetestingTheaimoflanguagetestingTherelationshipbetweenlanguagetestingandteachingFourapproachesoflanguagetestingAlookatsomelarge-scaletestsofoverseaanddomestic
Thenatureoflanguagetesting
Languagetestingareinstrumentsusedtomeasurelanguageabilityoraptitude.Itisanindependentdisciplinewhichhasitsownresearchfieldandresearchmethodology.Itisaninterdisciplinaryintegrateddisciplinethatinvolveslinguistic,teachingmethodology,psychometrics.
TheaimoflanguagetestingGroupAGroupBClass18295Class27688Class38490Testsmaybeconstructedprimarilyasdevicestoreinforcelearningandtomotivatethestudentorprimarilyasameansofassessingthestudentsperformanceinthelanguage.
Groupdiscussion:whatistherelationshipbetweenlanguagetestingandteaching?
Bothtestingandteachingaresocloselyinterrelatedthatitisvirtuallyimpossibletoworkineitherfieldwithoutbeingconstantlyconcernedwiththeother.Theproperrelationshipbetweentestingandteachingisthatofpartnership.
ArthurHughes认为，教学与测试是“伙伴关系”(partnership)(Hughes1989)。他说，“Theproperrelationshipbetweenteachingandtestingissurelythatofpartnership.Wecannotexpecttestingonlytofollowteaching.Whatweshoulddemandofit,however,isthatitshouldbesupportiveofgoodteachingand,wherenecessary,exertacorrectiveinfluenceonbadteaching.”(ArthurHughes2000)
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Alookatsomelarge-scaletestsofoverseaanddomesticPETSCET4,CET6TEM4,TEM8IELTSTOEFLGREGMATLSATBEC
CET6
Forwardlooks纵观上述考试的设计宗旨和测试目的，我们可以归纳出以下几个特点：1.所有考试都旨在全面测量考生的语言水平，故无一遗漏地测试各主要单项语言能力（听说读写）。2.考试日趋注重对口语能力的测试，并且口试与笔试分开的时间间隔也越
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