语言测试与理论PPT课件

In the case of some proficiency tests,
‘proficient’ means having sufficient command of the language for a particular purpose.
e.g.
1) A test designed to discover whether
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Rather, it is based on a specification of what candidates have to be able to do in the language in order to be considered proficient.
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What do we mean by the word ‘proficient’?
第一章
语言测试的性质、目的及类别
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1. Definition of testing
Testing, in substance, is the objective and standardized measurement of the candidate.
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2. Purpose of language testing
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Other proficiency tests , by
contrast, do not have any occupation or course of study in mind. For them the concept of proficiency is more general.
e.g. Cambridge examinations (First Certification Examination and Proficiency Examination);
that candidates may have previously
taken.
On the other hand, such tests may
themselves exercise considerable
influence over the method and content
of language courses.
The content of a proficiency test, therefore, is not based on the content or objectives of language courses which people taking the test may have followed.
Achievement tests 成绩测试 Diagnostic tests 诊断测试
Placement tests 编班测试
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Proficiency tests
Proficiency tests are designed to measure people’s ability in a language regardless of any training they may have had in that language.
The Oxford EFL examinations (Preliminary and Higher)
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Are there any other tests like this? Please give some examples.
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The function of these tests it to show whether candidates have reached a certain standard with respect to certain specified abilities. Such examining bodies are independent of the teaching institutions and so can be relied on by potential employers etc. to make fair comparisons between candidates from different institutions and diffeone can function successfully as a
United Nations translator.
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2) A test used to determine whether a student’s English is good enough to follow a course of study at a British university.
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Despite differences between them
of content and level of difficulty, all
proficiency tests have in common the
fact that they are not based on courses
The purpose of language testing is to measure the language competence of a candidate.
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3. Kinds of test and testing
Kinds of test: Proficiency tests 水平测试
Their backwash effect may be
beneficial or harmful.
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Achievement tests
Achievement tests are directly related to language courses, their purpose being to establish how successful individual students, groups of students, or the courses themselves have been in achieving objectives.