INTRODUCTION
PART 1 LITERATURE REVIEW
CHAPTER 1 LITERATURE REVIEW I——LANGUAGE TESTING AND VALIDITY EVIDENCE
1.0 Introduction
1.1 A Short History of Language Testing
1.2 Validity and Validation .
1.3 Aspects of Validity Evidence
1.3.1 Theory-based Validity
1.3.2 Context Validity
1.3.3 Scoring Validity
1.3.4 Consequential Validity
1.3.5 Criterion-related Validity
1.4 Summary
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW H——PARAMETERS FOR A VALIDATION FRAMEWORK FOR AWT
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Test-taker Characteristics
2.2 Theory-based and Context Validity Evidence
2.2.1 The Definition of Academic Writing
2.2.2 The Cognitive Process Models in Writing
2.2.3 A Socio-cognitive Model of Writing: Process and Context
2.2.4 Text Types and Text Construction in Academic Writing
2.2.5 A Summary of Theoretical Models of Academic Writing
2.2.6 The Specific Parameters of Theory-based Validity and Context Validity
2.3 The Parameters of Scoring Validity Evidence
2.4 The Parameters of Consequential Validity Evidence
2.5 The Parameters of Criterion-related Validity Evidence
2.6 A Summary Prototype Framework for Validating Academic Writing Tests
2.7 The Situation of Academic Writing Tests at Tertiary evel in China
2.7.1 General Requirements for Academic Writing
2.7.2 Specifications for Academic Writing in TEM4 and TEM8
2.7.3 Additional Syllabus Requirements for the University Graduation Dissertation
2.8 General Research Question and Research Sub-questions
2.9 Implications of the Research
2.10 Summary
PART 2 PILOT STUDIES
CHAPTER 3 THE DEVELOPMENT AND PILOTING OF INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING THE VALIDATION FRAMEWORK TO TEM8E AND GRADUATION DlSSEIATIONS
3.0 Introduction
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