对教师自行设计的英语专业精读课程考试的效度研究

发布时间：2018-12-23 20:13

【摘要】：英语精读课程是英语专业本科生的一门重要课程。英语精读课程考试是检验学生学习效果的重要手段。对教师自行设计的英语专业二年级精读课程考试的效度考查能帮助教师们知道测试内容是否达到了该课程教学大纲的基本要求,能帮助我们了解这门课程是否能培养学生的英语综合能力,从而使学生真正达到英语专业二年级生应有的水平。在此背景下,本文提出了以下研究问题:1.教师自行设计的英语精读课程考试的效度如何?尤其是在内容效度方面,该考试在何种程度上符合了教学大纲的要求和规定?2.如果该考试效度不够理想,有哪些方面可以得到提高?在运用Bachman的任务特征框架和内容效度相关理论的基础上,本文通过对调查问卷和教师访谈的数据分析,以及对三所大学的教师自行设计的英语精读试卷的比较分析,对英语精读课程考试的效度,尤其是内容方面的效度做了分析研究。本研究发现教师自行设计的英语专业精读课程考试内容相关性好但内容覆盖面不够大,题型考查不够全面。就测试各部分来说,词汇和语法部分内容覆盖面大,但词汇和语法的考点分配比例不当,语法考点过少。阅读部分尽管文章难度合理,生词量适度,题材和体裁合适,考点分布较合理,但阅读速度过慢,对考生阅读技能的考查不够全面,总体内容效度不高。完形填空效度较高,文章主题和体裁适当,选项设计合理,考点丰富。翻译效度比较高,内容覆盖面广,考点较全面。写作除了任务缺少交互性以外,写作内容适当,考查方式和字数规定合适,效度相对不错。总体来说,教师自行设计的英语专业精读课程考试的效度不够理想。本文结尾针对以上结果提出了一些改进教师自行设计的英语精读课程考试效度的建议。本文认为测试应更全面,涵盖词汇与语法、完型、阅读、翻译和写作各方面。题型分布应该更合理,更加重视对完型、翻译和写作的考查。测试应该着重于对语言的理解和应用,而不是对课本内容的死记硬背。文章材料应该更加的真实、生动,长度具备一定的挑战性。题型应更加多元化。对语言点考查更加全面、合理。本文指出了该测试对英语专业老师和学生的影响,建议老师们应在测试设计上加以改进,而学生们应当认真对待测试,并因此查漏补缺,提高自身英语能力和水平。本文还指出了该研究的不足之处:因时间和精力有限,该研究只着重于内容方面的效度考查;样本选取代表性不足;问卷调查样本数据偏小。最后,本文建议后续的研究在效度的考查上更加全面,样本选择上更具代表性,在数据收集上多费心思,在研究方法上推陈出新。
[Abstract]:English intensive reading course is an important course for English majors. English intensive reading course examination is an important means to test students' learning effect. An examination of the validity of the teacher's self-designed English intensive reading course for the second year can help teachers to know whether the content of the test meets the basic requirements of the syllabus. It can help us to understand whether this course can develop students' English comprehensive ability, so that the students can really reach the level of English majors. In this context, this paper puts forward the following research questions: 1. What is the validity of the teacher's self-designed English intensive Reading Test? Especially in terms of content validity, to what extent does the test meet the requirements and requirements of the syllabus? 2. If the validity of the test is not satisfactory, what can be improved? On the basis of Bachman's framework of task characteristics and the theory of content validity, this paper analyzes the data of questionnaires and teacher interviews, as well as the comparative analysis of English intensive reading papers designed by teachers in three universities. This paper analyzes the validity of English intensive reading course, especially the validity of content. This study finds that the content of the English intensive reading course designed by teachers has good relevance, but the content coverage is not enough, and the examination of question type is not comprehensive enough. In terms of each part of the test, the content of vocabulary and grammar has a large coverage, but the proportion of word and grammar is misallocated, and the grammar examination is too few. Although the reading part is reasonable in difficulty, the quantity of words is moderate, the subject matter and genre are suitable, the distribution of examination center is reasonable, but the reading speed is too slow, the examination of the examinee's reading skill is not comprehensive enough, the overall content validity is not high. Cloze has high validity, proper theme and genre, reasonable design and abundant test points. The translation validity is relatively high, the content coverage is wide, the examination spot is more comprehensive. Besides the lack of interactivity, the content of writing is appropriate, the examination method and word count are appropriate, and the validity is relatively good. In general, the validity of English intensive reading course designed by teachers is not ideal. At the end of this paper, some suggestions are put forward to improve the validity of the English intensive Reading course designed by teachers. This paper argues that the test should be more comprehensive, covering vocabulary and grammar, cloze, reading, translation and writing. The distribution of question types should be more reasonable, and more attention should be paid to the examination of Gestalt, translation and writing. The test should focus on understanding and applying the language, rather than memorizing the content of the textbook. The material should be more realistic, vivid and challenging in length. Questions should be more diversified. The examination of language points is more comprehensive and reasonable. This paper points out the influence of the test on English teachers and students, and suggests that teachers should improve the test design, and students should take the test seriously, so as to improve their English ability and level. This paper also points out the shortcomings of the study: due to limited time and energy, the study only focuses on the validity of the content, the sample selection is not representative enough, and the questionnaire survey sample data is small. Finally, this paper suggests that the following studies should be more comprehensive in validity, more representative in sample selection, more thoughtful in data collection, and more innovative in research methods.
【学位授予单位】：武汉大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2017
【分类号】：H319.3

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