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    中文摘要: 一个学生的听力理解能力是该学生英语语言能力的重要组成部分。听力测试也因此成为高校英语专业四、八级考试的重要组成部分。

    近年来,随着语言测试研究的不断进展,人们对于如何测试外语学习者的听力理解能力表现出越来越浓厚的兴趣。这种兴趣促使语言学家、测试学家、以及外语教师更加注重听力试题的质量,开发更具效度的题型。由于听力测试在试题的内容、考试任务的编写、内容的呈现形式等方面与阅读、写作、翻译等测试有较大的区别,因此在试题编写时更需要关注其独特之处。本论文的作者在对现用英语专业四、八级考试的听力部分进行分析后认为,四、八级考试的听力部分较为全面的反映了《高等学校英语专业教学大纲》的要求,试题具有较高的效度和信度。但是,试题也存在不足之处。具体体现在两个方面:第一,没有把大纲中要求学生熟悉的主要英语变体(如澳大利亚英语、加拿大英语、新西兰英语等)包括在听力考试中;第二,对于听力理解的考察过度依赖多项选择题的任务形式,问题形式缺乏变化,不能充分反映现实生活中听力任务的多样性。为此,作者认为,在四、八级考试的听力试题中应该加入主要英语变体和简答题型,以提高听力试题的真实性和测试结果的准确性。无庸讳言,听...

    英文摘要: Listening ability constitutes an important part of a language learner’s language competence. This universal agreement entails an inclusion of a listening sub-test in any English proficiency test aimed at evaluating the candidates’ comprehensive competence. Being a criterion-referenced proficiency test, both TEM4 and TEM8 contain a listening sub-test in their test battery. In this case, improving the authenticity of the listening sub-tests in TEM will no doubt be a contributory factor in improving the authen...
    目录:Acknowledgements 4-5
    Abstract 5
    摘要 8-10
    List of Acronyms 10-11
    List of Tables 11-18
    Chapter 1 Introduction 18-32
    1.1 TEM4 and TEM8 in China 18-25
    1.1.1 An overview of TEM4 and TEM8 18-21
    1.1.2 An overview of current listening comprehension parts of TEM4 and TEM8 21-24
    1.1.3 TEM4 and TEM8 listening test validation study 24-25
    1.2 Description of the thesis study 25-32
    1.2.1 Purpose and scope of the study 25-27
    1.2.2 The research questions 27
    1.2.3 Study methods 27-28
    1.2.4 Study results 28-29
    1.2.5 Structure of the dissertation 29-32
    Chapter 2 Literature Review 32-78
    2.1 Language competence 32-44
    2.1.1 Classical UCH versus MCH 33-34
    2.1.2 Varying definitions of language proficiency 34-35
    2.1.3 The influence of pedagogic approaches on the interpretation of language competence 35-38
    2.1.4 Some recent frameworks of communicative competence 38-44
    2.2 Listening competence 44-52
    2.2.1 Major listening situations and their classifications 44-47
    2.2.2 Listening comprehension as hypothesized processes 47-50
    2.2.3 Buck’s framework of listening ability 50-52
    2.3 Two supplementary points about listening comprehension 52-58
    2.3.1 The passive and active natures of listening comprehension 52-55
    2.3.2 Macro- and micro-listening skills involved in listening comprehension 55-58
    2.4 Listening comprehension testing: pre-World War II period 58-64
    2.4.1 The three major approaches to language testing 59-60
    2.4.2 Earlier listening comprehension testing in the U.S. 60-63
    2.4.3 Earlier li