任务型语言测试中的任务难度研究

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2009-12
版次: 1
ISBN: 9787544614986
定价: 38.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 大32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 421页
字数: 418千字
分类: 语言文字
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  • “任务”被认为是评价学习者语言运用能力的有效工具,但如何确定任务的难度却一直是个悬而未决的问题。本书在收集大量相关数据的基础上,系统研究了这一课题,构建了以“输入—信息处理—输出”为核心的任务难度分析框架,并利用一系列综合因素对测试任务进行难度分析。这一研究为分析语言测试中的任务难度提供了可靠的理论依据,为测试者选择任务提供了分析的模板。本书对于如何进行任务型语言评价研究具有较高的参考价值。 Chapter1Introduction
    1.1TheNatureoftheProblem
    1.2DefiningtheProblem
    1.3PurposeofInvestigations
    1.4SignificanceoftheStudy
    1.5OrganizationofThesis
    Chapter2EnglishTeachingandLanguageTestinginChina
    2.1EnglishEducationinChina
    2.1.1StudentPopulation
    2.1.2TeacherResources
    2.1.3InstructionalTimeforLanguageLearning
    2.1.4ManagementSystem
    2.1.5TextbooksandTeachingResources
    2.1.6TrendsofDevelopment
    2.2CommunicativeLanguageTeachingandtheNationalEnglishCurriculumStandards
    2.2.1CommunicativeLanguageTeaching
    2.2.2TheNationalEnglishCurriculumStandards
    2.3CurrentProblemsinEnglishTeachinginSchools
    2.3.1TheCurriculumObjectivesandLanguageAssessment
    2.3.2Curriculum,TeachingandTesting:Problems
    2.4Task-BasedApproachestotheProblems
    2.4.1Task-BasedLanguageTeaching:Challenges
    2.4.2Task-BasedAssessment
    2.5Summary
    Chapter3LiteratureReview:LanguageTesting,Task-BasedAssessment,andTaskDifficulty
    3.1LanguageTesting:IssuesandProblems
    3.2CommunicativeLanguageTesting
    3.2.1BasicIssues
    3.2.2CommtmicativeTests:Models
    3.3Task-BasedApproachesandPerformanceAssessment
    3.3.1SomeResearchQuestionsinTask-BasedApproaches
    3.3.2Task-BasedApproachestoTesting
    3.3.3CognitiveDimensions:Information-ProcessingApproaches
    3.3.4ImplicationsforLanguageAssessment
    3.4AssessingTaskDifficulty
    3.4.1DefiningTaskDifficulty
    3.4.2SequencingTasks:RationaleandTaskDifficultyFactors
    3.4.3DesigningTasks
    3.5TaskDifficultyMatrix
    3.5.1TheNorris-BrownetaLsStudies
    3.5.2ProblematizingNorrisetalsMatrix
    3.6RaterTrainingandObjectiveMeasures
    3.6.1TaskDifficultyMatrix:RaterTraining
    3.6.2MeasuringTaskPerformance:TheDiscourseAnalysisMeasures
    Chapter4ResearchMethods
    4.1ResearchDesign
    4.2Method
    4.2.1Participants
    4.2.2EffectiveTasks
    4.2.3EstablishingtheDifficultyofTasks
    4.2.4QualitativeAnalyses
    4.2.5RaterTraining
    4.2.6MeasuringStudentWrittenPerformance
    4.3DataSummaryandDataAnalysis
    4.3.1TBAReliability
    4.3.2TBAValidity
    4.3.3DataAnalysis
    Chapter5TaskDifficultyMatrixI:EvolvingtheIPOTaskDifficultyMatrix
    5.1ApplicationofNorrisetaLsMatrix
    5.1.1StudyOne:ApplicationofNorrisetal.sMatrix
    5.1.2StudiesTwo,Three,andFour:ApplicationsoftheNorrisetal.sMatrix
    5.2TheInput-Processing-OutputTaskDifficultyMatrix
    5.2.1EstablishingtheMatrix:Input-Processing--OutputbyContent-Form-Support
    5.2.2StudyFive:ApplyingtheIPO-CFSTaskDifficultyFramework
    5.2.3StudySix:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IPObyExtendedCFS
    5.2.4StudySeven:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFrarnework:IPObyExtendedCFS
    5.2.5Self-ReportWrittenData
    5.2.6StudyEight:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IntegratedIPObyILPS
    5.3TaskDifficultyComponentAnalysis
    5.3.1ComponentAnalysisandtheRefinedIPOMatrix
    5.3.2StudyNine:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IPObyReducedILPS
    5.3.3StudyTen:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IPObyReducedILPS
    Chapter6IPOTaskDifficultyMatrixII:DimensionsandComponents
    6.1TheConstructionoftheTaskDifficultyMatrix
    6.1.1DefinitionsofDimensionsandTheirCharacteristics
    6.1.2DefinitionsoftheTaskComponentsinOperationalTerms
    6.2ACompadsonbetweenBrownetal.sMatrixandtheIPOTaskDifficultyMatrix
    6.2.1Similarities
    6.2.2Differences
    6.3TheOriginalResearchQuestions
    6.3.1ResearchQuestion1
    6.3.2ResearchQuestion2
    6.3.3ResearchQuestion3
    6.3.4ResearchQuestion4
    6.4Summary
    Chapter7RaterTrainingforIPOTaskDifficultyMatrix
    7.1Rationale
    7.2Study11:APilotStudyforRaterTraining
    7.2.1MaterialsandRaters
    7.2.2Procedures
    7.2.3Results
    7.3Study12:EstablishingExpertRatings
    7.3.1TasksandInstruments
    7.3.2ExpertsandProcedures
    7.3.3Results
    7.4Study13:RaterTraining
    7.4.1RatersandMaterials
    7.4.2Procedures
    7.4.3Results
    7.5DiscussionandImplications
    7.5.lDiscussion:RaterTrainingandStandardization
    7.5.2ImplicationsfortheRaterTraining
    Chapter8DiscourseMeasuresforStudentPerformance
    8.1ResearchMethods
    8.1.1Participants
    8.1.2WritingTasks
    8.1.3TaskInstructionsandFormats
    8.1.4DiscourseAnalysisMeasures
    8.1.5SettingandProcedures
    8.2ResultsandAnalysis
    8.2.1DiscourseMeasureResults
    8.2.2DiscourseMeasureCorrelations
    8.2.3AnalyticalRatingResultsandDiscourseMeasures
    8.2.4StudentsPerceptionsoftheWritingTasks
    8.3DiscussionsandImpactofConditionsonDiscourseMeasures
    8.4Conclusions
    Chapter9ConclusionsandImplications
    9.1SummaryofResearchFindings
    9.2Implications,Reflections,andFutureResearch
    9.2.1TasksandTask-BasedAssessment
    9.2.2LanguageTeachingandLearning
    9.2.3ReflectionsandLimitations
    9.2.4SuggestionsforFutureResearch
    9.3Conclusions
    References
    Appendices
  • 内容简介:
    “任务”被认为是评价学习者语言运用能力的有效工具,但如何确定任务的难度却一直是个悬而未决的问题。本书在收集大量相关数据的基础上,系统研究了这一课题,构建了以“输入—信息处理—输出”为核心的任务难度分析框架,并利用一系列综合因素对测试任务进行难度分析。这一研究为分析语言测试中的任务难度提供了可靠的理论依据,为测试者选择任务提供了分析的模板。本书对于如何进行任务型语言评价研究具有较高的参考价值。
  • 目录:
    Chapter1Introduction
    1.1TheNatureoftheProblem
    1.2DefiningtheProblem
    1.3PurposeofInvestigations
    1.4SignificanceoftheStudy
    1.5OrganizationofThesis
    Chapter2EnglishTeachingandLanguageTestinginChina
    2.1EnglishEducationinChina
    2.1.1StudentPopulation
    2.1.2TeacherResources
    2.1.3InstructionalTimeforLanguageLearning
    2.1.4ManagementSystem
    2.1.5TextbooksandTeachingResources
    2.1.6TrendsofDevelopment
    2.2CommunicativeLanguageTeachingandtheNationalEnglishCurriculumStandards
    2.2.1CommunicativeLanguageTeaching
    2.2.2TheNationalEnglishCurriculumStandards
    2.3CurrentProblemsinEnglishTeachinginSchools
    2.3.1TheCurriculumObjectivesandLanguageAssessment
    2.3.2Curriculum,TeachingandTesting:Problems
    2.4Task-BasedApproachestotheProblems
    2.4.1Task-BasedLanguageTeaching:Challenges
    2.4.2Task-BasedAssessment
    2.5Summary
    Chapter3LiteratureReview:LanguageTesting,Task-BasedAssessment,andTaskDifficulty
    3.1LanguageTesting:IssuesandProblems
    3.2CommunicativeLanguageTesting
    3.2.1BasicIssues
    3.2.2CommtmicativeTests:Models
    3.3Task-BasedApproachesandPerformanceAssessment
    3.3.1SomeResearchQuestionsinTask-BasedApproaches
    3.3.2Task-BasedApproachestoTesting
    3.3.3CognitiveDimensions:Information-ProcessingApproaches
    3.3.4ImplicationsforLanguageAssessment
    3.4AssessingTaskDifficulty
    3.4.1DefiningTaskDifficulty
    3.4.2SequencingTasks:RationaleandTaskDifficultyFactors
    3.4.3DesigningTasks
    3.5TaskDifficultyMatrix
    3.5.1TheNorris-BrownetaLsStudies
    3.5.2ProblematizingNorrisetalsMatrix
    3.6RaterTrainingandObjectiveMeasures
    3.6.1TaskDifficultyMatrix:RaterTraining
    3.6.2MeasuringTaskPerformance:TheDiscourseAnalysisMeasures
    Chapter4ResearchMethods
    4.1ResearchDesign
    4.2Method
    4.2.1Participants
    4.2.2EffectiveTasks
    4.2.3EstablishingtheDifficultyofTasks
    4.2.4QualitativeAnalyses
    4.2.5RaterTraining
    4.2.6MeasuringStudentWrittenPerformance
    4.3DataSummaryandDataAnalysis
    4.3.1TBAReliability
    4.3.2TBAValidity
    4.3.3DataAnalysis
    Chapter5TaskDifficultyMatrixI:EvolvingtheIPOTaskDifficultyMatrix
    5.1ApplicationofNorrisetaLsMatrix
    5.1.1StudyOne:ApplicationofNorrisetal.sMatrix
    5.1.2StudiesTwo,Three,andFour:ApplicationsoftheNorrisetal.sMatrix
    5.2TheInput-Processing-OutputTaskDifficultyMatrix
    5.2.1EstablishingtheMatrix:Input-Processing--OutputbyContent-Form-Support
    5.2.2StudyFive:ApplyingtheIPO-CFSTaskDifficultyFramework
    5.2.3StudySix:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IPObyExtendedCFS
    5.2.4StudySeven:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFrarnework:IPObyExtendedCFS
    5.2.5Self-ReportWrittenData
    5.2.6StudyEight:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IntegratedIPObyILPS
    5.3TaskDifficultyComponentAnalysis
    5.3.1ComponentAnalysisandtheRefinedIPOMatrix
    5.3.2StudyNine:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IPObyReducedILPS
    5.3.3StudyTen:RefiningtheTaskDifficultyFramework:IPObyReducedILPS
    Chapter6IPOTaskDifficultyMatrixII:DimensionsandComponents
    6.1TheConstructionoftheTaskDifficultyMatrix
    6.1.1DefinitionsofDimensionsandTheirCharacteristics
    6.1.2DefinitionsoftheTaskComponentsinOperationalTerms
    6.2ACompadsonbetweenBrownetal.sMatrixandtheIPOTaskDifficultyMatrix
    6.2.1Similarities
    6.2.2Differences
    6.3TheOriginalResearchQuestions
    6.3.1ResearchQuestion1
    6.3.2ResearchQuestion2
    6.3.3ResearchQuestion3
    6.3.4ResearchQuestion4
    6.4Summary
    Chapter7RaterTrainingforIPOTaskDifficultyMatrix
    7.1Rationale
    7.2Study11:APilotStudyforRaterTraining
    7.2.1MaterialsandRaters
    7.2.2Procedures
    7.2.3Results
    7.3Study12:EstablishingExpertRatings
    7.3.1TasksandInstruments
    7.3.2ExpertsandProcedures
    7.3.3Results
    7.4Study13:RaterTraining
    7.4.1RatersandMaterials
    7.4.2Procedures
    7.4.3Results
    7.5DiscussionandImplications
    7.5.lDiscussion:RaterTrainingandStandardization
    7.5.2ImplicationsfortheRaterTraining
    Chapter8DiscourseMeasuresforStudentPerformance
    8.1ResearchMethods
    8.1.1Participants
    8.1.2WritingTasks
    8.1.3TaskInstructionsandFormats
    8.1.4DiscourseAnalysisMeasures
    8.1.5SettingandProcedures
    8.2ResultsandAnalysis
    8.2.1DiscourseMeasureResults
    8.2.2DiscourseMeasureCorrelations
    8.2.3AnalyticalRatingResultsandDiscourseMeasures
    8.2.4StudentsPerceptionsoftheWritingTasks
    8.3DiscussionsandImpactofConditionsonDiscourseMeasures
    8.4Conclusions
    Chapter9ConclusionsandImplications
    9.1SummaryofResearchFindings
    9.2Implications,Reflections,andFutureResearch
    9.2.1TasksandTask-BasedAssessment
    9.2.2LanguageTeachingandLearning
    9.2.3ReflectionsandLimitations
    9.2.4SuggestionsforFutureResearch
    9.3Conclusions
    References
    Appendices
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