大学英语口语诊断性测试的开发和效度研究

1．3 Research Questions

1．4 Significance of the Present Study

1．5 Structure of the Book

Chapter 2 Literature Review

2．1 Assessment for Learning

2．1．1 Assessment for Learning and

Assessment of Learning

2．1．2 Formative Assessment and Summative

Assessment

2．1．3 Norm-referenced and Criterion-referenced

Testing

2．2 Diagnostic Testing

2．2．1 Definitions of a Diagnostic Test

2．2．2 Characterstics of Diagnostic Tests

2．2．3 Studies on Diagnostic Language

Tests

2．3 Studies on Speaking Tasks

2．4 Validation Studies of Language Tests

2．5 Summary

Chapter 3 A Conceptual Framework for the Development

and Validation of the DCEST

3．1 Communicative Language Ability and the

Construct of Speaking

3．1．1 Models of Communicative Language

Ability

3．1．2 Models of Speech Produetion

3．1．3 Frameworks for Defining the

Construct of Speaking

3．2 Guidelines and Procedures of Test

Development

3．3 Defining Test Specifications for a

Speaking Test

3．4 Models of Speaking Performance

3．4．1 Milanovic and Saville’S Model

3．4．2 McNamara’S Model

3．4．3 Skehan’S Model

3．4．4 Fulcher’S Model

3．5 Summary

Chapter 4 Research Design and Methodology

4．1 Needs Analysis

4．1．1 Design of the Questionnaires

4．1．2 Participants of the Questionnaire

Survey

4．1．3 Results of the Survey

4．1．4 Implications for the DCEST

4．2 The Development of the Prototype DCEST

4．2．1 Defining the Construct

4．2．2 Selection of Speaking Test Tasks

4．2．3 Rating Criteria

4．2．4 Feedback Descriptors

4．3 The Pilot Study

4．3．1 Participants

4．3．2 Implementation of the Pilot Study

4．3．3 Results of the Pilot Study

4．3．4 Implications for the Main Study

4．4 The Main Study

4．4．1 Participants

4．4．2 Research Instruments

4．4．3 Procedure of Data Collection in the

Main Study

Chapter 5 Results and Discussions

5．1 Test Reliability

5．1．1 Intra-rater Reliability

5．1．2 Inter-rater Reliability

5．1．3 Parallel Form Reliability

5．2 Test Validity

5．2．1 Construct Validity

5．2．2 Content Validity

5．2．3 Criterion-related Validity

5．2．4 Face Validity

5．2．5 Consequential Validity

5．3 A Procedural Framework for the

Development of Diagnostic Tests

5．3．1 Phase 1：Needs Analysis

5．3．2 Phase 2：Test Design and

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Chapter 5 Conclusions

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Appendices

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Bibliography

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