交际语言测试理论视角下英语专业四级中听力测试的结构效度研究.docx

交际语言测试理论视角下英语专业四级中听力测试的结构效度研究
Title:AStudyontheConstructValidityoftheListeningTestinEnglishMajorCET-4fromthePerspectivesofCommunicativeLanguageTestingTheory
Abstract:
ThisstudyaimstoinvestigatetheconstructvalidityofthelisteningtestintheEnglishMajorCollegeEnglishTest(CET-4)fromtheperspectivesofcommunicativelanguagetestingtheory.Theconstructvalidityreferstotheextenttowhichatestmeasurestheintendedconstruct.Thisresearchprovidesinsightsintothestructureandeffectivenessofthelisteningtest,offeringsuggestionsforimprovementinlinewithlanguagetestingtheories.
1.Introduction
1.1Background
1.2ResearchPurpose
2.LiteratureReview
2.1ConstructValidityinLanguageTesting
2.2CommunicativeLanguageTestingTheory
2.3ListeningTestDevelopmentandStructure
2.4PreviousStudiesontheValidityofCET-4ListeningTest
3.Methodology
3.1ResearchDesign
3.2Participants
3.3TestMaterial
3.4TestAdministration
3.5DataCollectionProcedures
4.ResultsandAnalysis
4.1TestStructureAnalysis
4.2AnalysisofTestItems
4.3ReliabilityAnalysis
4.4ValidityAnalysis
5.Discussion
5.1TestStructureEffectiveness
5.2ConstructValidityofTestItems
5.3ReliabilityoftheListeningTest
5.4RecommendationsforImprovingtheListeningTest
6.Conclusion
6.1SummaryofFindings
6.2ImplicationsforTestingandAssessment
6.3LimitationsandFutureResearch
Keywords:constructvalidity,communicativelanguagetestingtheory,listeningtest,EnglishMajorCET-4,structureeffectiveness.
1.Introduction
1.1Background
TheEnglishMajorCET-4isanimportantassessmentforEnglishmajorsinChina.Thelisteningtestisacrucialcomponentofthisexamination,measuringstudents'listeningcomprehensionability.Itisessentialtoevaluatethequalityandconstructvalidityofthelisteningtesttoensureitseffectivenessinassessingstudents'listeningskills.
1.2ResearchPurpose
ThisstudyaimstoexaminetheconstructvalidityofthelisteningtestintheEnglishMajorCET-4fromtheperspectivesofcommunicativelanguagetestingtheory.Byanalyzingtheteststructure,items,reliability,andvalidity,thisresearchwillshedlightontheeffectivenessofthecurrentlistenin