高校英语专业阅读测试难度研究:基于任务特征的分析
作者:侯艳萍 著
出版:河北大学出版社 2011.4
页数:175
定价:18.00 元
ISBN-13:9787810973830
ISBN-10:7810973835
去豆瓣看看 Acknowledgements
Abstract
摘要
List of Acronyms
List of Tables and Figures
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Rationale for the study
1.3 Purpose of the study
1.4 Research questions
1.5 Significance of the study
1.6 Layout of the dissertation
1.7 Chapter summary
Chapter Two -Literature Review
2.1 The nature of reading
2.2 Models of the reading process
2.2.1 Bottom-up model
2.2.2 Top-down model
2.2.3 Interactive model
2.2.4 Schema theory
2.2.5 Bruer's cognitive model of reading process
2.3 Different modes of reading
2.4 Factors affecting reading comprehension
2.4.1 Reader attributes
2.4.2 Skill factors
2.4.3 Text characteristics
2.4.4 Method effects
2.5 Reading tasks
2.5.1 Definitions of task
2.5.1.1 Language learning task
2.5.1.2 Language using task
2.5.1.3 Language assessment task
2.5.1.4 Definition of reading task in this dissertation
2.5.2 Task difficulty dimensions
2.5.2.1 Robinson's model of task complexity
2.5.2.2 Skehan's model of task difficulty
2.5.2.3 An operational linguistic model of task difficulty
2.5.2.4 'Sources of variation' from Bachman's perspective
2.5.3 Exploration into multiple-choice reading task difficulty
2.5.3.1 Readability studies
2.5.3.2 Other approaches
2.5.3.3 Interpretation of reading task difficulty in this research
2.6 Chapter summary
Chapter Three Research Methodology
3.1 A proposed framework for TEM-4 reading task difficulty analysis
3.1.1 Introduction to the framework
3.1.2 Profile of new framework
3.1.3 Definitions and explanations of key terms
3.2 Research questions
3.3 Research instruments
3.3.1 Rating instrument
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Chapter Four Results and Discussions
Chapter Five Conclusions
References
Appendix A Rating instrument for TEM-4 reading characteristics
Appendix B T score descriptive statistics for task characteristic variables
Appendix C Pair-wise correlations between item difficulty and reading task characteristic variables
Appendix D Reading comprehension section of the 2005 TEM-4
Appendix E Reading comprehension section of the 2006 TEM-4
侯艳萍(1977-),女,上海外国语大学英语学院讲师,上海外国语大学青年教师科研团队成员。2009年获上海外国语大学英语语言文学方向博士学位,主要从事英语语言教学和测试研究。2007年赴加拿大麦克马斯特大学访学。2008年赴美国加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校(UCLA)访学,专门学习英语语言测试。
《高校英语专业阅读测试难度研究:基于任务特征的分析》的主要目的有两个,一是确定可能对TEM-4阅读理解任务难度水平产生影响的主要任务特征有哪些;二是明确这些系统变化的任务特征的共同构念和测量属性,以及对任务难度的具体影响程度有多大,从而明确在多大程度上可以由这些任务特征去预测任务难度。