深圳大学学科英语英语语言测试研究.docxVIP

SpecificationsfortheListeningTest

Testpurpose

Thereadingtestisanachievementtestdesignedtoassessstudents’programonthelisteningcourseattheendoftheterm.

TestDomain

TheoreticalConstruct:

Students‘abilitytoprocessauditoryinformationinlisteningtestsasrequiredintheteachingsyllabus.

Operations:

a)beabletolistenforthegeneralmessage

b)beabletolistenforspecificdetails

c)beabletomainideasorimportantinformation

e)beabletodeterminethespeaker’sattitudetowardsthesubject

f)beabletomakeinferencesanddeductionsfromgiveninformation

g)beabletounderstandintonationpatterns,syntacticstructuresandgrammaticalnotions

h)beabletodistinguishphonemesandrecognizewordsfromphonemes

TestTakers

Studentswhohavebeentakingthiscourse.Bothmaleandfemalestudents.

TestContent

TestTypes:

Dictation,shortpassage,conversation,newsreports,etc.

Topic:

Shortstories,newspaperarticles,economy,polity,geographylife,etc.

Focus:

Testtasksoritemsshouldfocusoncheckingstudents’knowledge,listeningandapplicationofspecifiedskills,withmoreemphasisonlisteningandapplication.

TestLength

Therewillbefourtests,includingdictation,conversations,passages,andnewsbroadcast.

TestMethod

Discrete-pointtestandintegrativetestareusedincombinationwithemphasisonthelatter.

TestTasksandItemTypes

TypeExpectedResponseMode:

Dictationconstructedwritten

Multiplechoicesselectedwritten

TheOrganizationandWeighting

ComponentNumberWeighting(totalscore100)

Partone:dictation160%

Parttwo:multiple-choicequestions3060%

TimeDuration

Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin30minutes.

ScoringCriteria

Fort