从CET-4新题型看大学英语听力日常训练

CET-4新题型对学生听力的要求 新题型中,听力理解部分所占比例由原来的20%增加到了35%,所占分值增加了将近一倍,其中Section A 对话部分分为8个短对话,2个长对话,Section B为3篇短文.Section　C为复合式听写.新题型既考学生的听力能力,又考核学生的书面表达能力.无论是难易程度还是题量都有很大提高,对学生而言具有很大的挑战性.     

大学英语四、六级考试听写填空的应试技巧

从2004年起,大学英语四、六级考试在考试内容和形式上加大了听力理解部分的题量和比例。听力理解部分的分值比例提高到35%,其中听力对话占15%,听力短文占20%。听力对话部分包括短对话和长对话的听力理解;听力短文部分包括短文听写（Spot Dictation/Compound Dictation）和选择题型的短文理解;听力题材选用对话、讲座、广播电视节目等更具真实性的材料。本文重点谈谈短文听写的应试技巧。     

TEM4听力测试构念效度的结构方程模型分析

采用定性分析与定量分析相结合的方法对TEM4听力测试的构念效度进行了探究。定性分析主要基于TEM4听力测试内容与《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》中能力指标及《高校英语专业四级考试大纲》中测试要求的比较,发现TEM4听力考试内容有较好的内容关联性。定量分析主要借助结构方程模型软件通过构建假设模型考查听力测试的构念效度。研究发现,对话、短文及新闻之间的相关系数较高,关联更紧密,并且显示有高阶共同因素存在。通过对假设模型的拟合指数进行比较分析发现,听写与听力理解部分的对话、短文及新闻可以被一个共同构念——"听力理解"统辖。     

再谈提高大学英语四级考试听力水平的策略

在大学英语四级考试新题型的背景下,大学英语四级听力是决定整个大学英语四级考试成败的一个极其重要的环节。为此,本文根据新的听力题型要求,提出了针对听力对话中的短对话和长对话、听力短文部分的短文理解题以及短文听写/复合式听写的不同策略。     

大学俄语四级考试要点综述

<正> 一、听力部分 听力部分主要考核学生获取口头信息的能力,分对话和短文两部分。听力理解试题所选用的听力材料是以中速录音的,题材一般多为日常生活中的对话、故事、叙述、介绍性文字等。听力考试中的对话部分一般都不太复杂,词汇、语法、句子结构都是常用的,一个对话提一个问题。有的是直接针     

大学英语四六级考试SpotDictation．应试技巧

从2004年起,大学英语四、六级考试在考试内容和形式上,加大了听力理解部分的题量和比例。听力理解部分的分值比例提高到35%,其中听力对话占15%,听力短文占20%。听     

英语专业四级新闻报道听力的特点和学习策略

英语专业四级考试(TEM4)是衡量英语专业学生外语能力水平的全国性统一考试,听力部分中新闻听力是难点。文章就TEM4改革以来2004-2010年新闻报道的听力试题的特点和考点进行了分析,提出这部分考试的学习策略。     

大学英语四级考试听力应试技巧

大学英语新四级听力测试一直困扰着广大考生.为了使考生从容应对四级听力测试,充分发挥考生的英语听力水平.本文从听力测试的对话部分、短文理解、短文听写着手,探析了英语四级考试听力部分的应试技巧.     

英语听力技巧的培养

英语听力理解的测试主要有两种.一种是对小对话(shortconversations)的理解,即在两个人完成一组对话后第三个人根据对话内容提出一个问题.另一种是对短文(passages)的理解.短文一般约为200词左右.短文播完后提出3-5个与短文内容相关的问题.尽管听力理解测试中对话和短文的内容不同,但它们的问题都有一定规律可循,尤其是小对话.基本测试题型可分为以下几类:……     

2005年高考俄语试题分析

2005年高考俄语试题与前两年高考俄语试题相比,题型没有变动,从总体上看难度适中,对俄语基础知识的分析、理解和运用能力要求相对有所提高。第一部分听力:和历年高考俄语试题相比,难度是很大的。听力语速明显加快,录音效果也有些欠佳。包括第一节在内,几乎没有录音内容直接给出选项的试题,均要求考生能听懂日常生活中所熟悉话题的对话和独白,从中获取具体信息,并以此作出推断,因此,考生必须具备较强的捕捉信息的能力。此次听力部分没有考查理解主旨要义和说话者的意图、观点或态度的试题。第二部分阅读理解:共有两篇短文,阅读量适中,考察学…     

高校英语专业四级考试阅读理解能力研究

基于Grabe＆Stoller（2005）的阅读能力层次理论以及《高校英语专业四级考试大纲（2004）》对于基础阶段英语专业学生英语阅读能力的考查要求,从能力分类、能力层次评价以及题目难度和区分度与能力层次关系的角度,研究2010年TEM4阅读理解试题中体现的阅读理解能力。结果表明,教师对题目的能力分类和能力层次评价存在明显分歧,但题目难度和区分度与题目能力层次存在正相关。     

TEM4阅读理解测试内容效度分析

通过对TEM4(2004-2008年)阅读理解测试部分的内容效度,从选材、阅读难度、阅读速度和阅读能力四方面分析,表明TEM4阅读理解测试内容具有一定效度,但仍有提高的可能,并就如何进一步提高TEM4阅读理解测试内容效度提出相应的建议。     

浅析网络聊天室会话中违背合作原则的现象

网络聊天室会话的话轮以短语、分句为主,大量使用省略句、缩略语和感情符,常出现虚假信息和过分言语,出现相邻对不相邻的现象,这分别违背了合作原则中的数量、方式、质量和关联准则。即时互动性、匿名性和缺少副语言等则是聊天室会话违背这些准则的直接原因。     

Stakeholders’ test perceptions on test reform

The success of test reform relies considerably on how stakeholders understand and accept the revised test (Green & Andrade, 2010). This study provided an opportunity for students and teachers to share their perceptions of a recently revised English test in China, the Test for English Majors Grade Four (TEM4). In addition, this study examined how stakeholders’ perceptions of the test varied across institutions of different academic rankings. Survey data were collected from 496 students and 79 teachers, of whom 32 students and 12 teachers participated in a post-survey interview. Findings indicate that although stakeholders were overall positive about the revised TEM4, their perceptions were qualified by concerns with content representation and test difficulty. In addition, the data suggest that the revised TEM4 was associated with context-varying washback effects and negative psychological impacts. These findings highlight the important contribution that students' and teachers' perceptions may have in the test reform process.     

The opportunities to build on existing expertise in writing classrooms: a study of writing lessons in New Zealand primary schools

The present study investigated 15 Year 4–6 classrooms in two multicultural schools in New Zealand to understand what opportunities students had to draw on their diverse experiences of texts. A mixed-methods approach was taken, including classroom observations and student interviews. Results suggested that lessons were characterised by a consistent format of teacher-led, whole class instruction followed by independent writing. Conversations about prior knowledge typically sought display of taught items. Students saw few links between writing forms in school and texts out of school. The study highlights the role of lesson structure in framing incorporation of prior knowledge in writing lessons.     

Individual differences in feelings of difficulty: The case of school mathematics

Feelings of difficulty, or subjective estimation of task difficulty, are on-line metacognitive experiences, which arise as response to the difficulty of the tasks processed by the person. They are related to performance, but little is known about their nature and the factors that influence them. This study aimed to delimit the possible individual differences effects on feelings of difficulty experienced in relation to school mathematics. General and domain-specific cognitive ability, affect, gender and expertise were the individual differences factors studied. The subjects were 299 students of 7th, 8th, & 9th grade and they were tested with mathematical tasks of three levels of difficulty. Upon completion of each task subjects rated its difficulty on a 4-point scale, ranging from 1: not difficult at all to 4: very difficult. Testing was repeated one year later. Path analysis showed that feelings of difficulty form a system of their own, which is mainly influenced by performance and cognitive ability rather than affective factors. Only anxiety state had a direct effect on feelings of difficulty. Expertise did not differentiate feelings of difficulty in the 1st testing, but it did so in the second. Gender interacted with both personal and task characteristics, the girls being more atypical in their responses than boys. The educational implications of these results are discussed.     

会话含义理论在英语听力试题中的应用

对话式听力测试题作为英语考试必考内容,旨在考察学生把握会话含义的能力。会话含义理论已广泛应用于英语对话式听力测试题,所以让学生了解会话含义理论,提高学生把握会话含义的能力,成为了提高学生听力水平的关键。     

Critical Community Conversations: Cultivating the Elusive Dialogue About Racism With Parents,Community Members,and Teachers

Abstract

This article highlights how two researchers started Critical Community Conversations (CCC) with a school community in an effort to learn from one another and build solidarity. The intent was for CCC to focus on some of the most pressing issues facing our nation, state, and local neighborhoods, with a special lens on racism.     

TEM4对地方普通高校外语教学反拨效应的调查与思考

英语专业四级考试（TEM4）是检验英语专业基础阶段教学的一种手段。通过对150名地方普通高校英语专业学生的问卷调查和10位教师的访谈,探讨TEM4对教学行为双方所起的或积极或消极的影响,并对现行TEM4进行思考,这对搞好地方普通高校的英语专业教学有一定的现实意义。