任务型语言测试中的任务难度研究

图书标准信息

• 作者 罗少茜 著
• 出版社 上海外语教育出版社
• 出版时间 2009-12
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9787544614986
• 定价 38.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 大32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 421页
• 字数 418千字
• 丛书 外教社博学文库

【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