声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 The CEPT in Hunan University
1.3 Significance of the study
1.4 Organization of the thesis
Chapter 2 Literature Review
2.1 The construct of writing ability
2.2 The development of analytic rubric
2.3 Related study on analytic scoring scale and language components
2.4 Approach to explore the discrepancy of different levels
2.5 Summary
Chapter 3 Research Methodology
3.1 Research questions
3.2 The design of the research
3.2.1 Examinees
3.2.2 Raters
3.2.3 The instrument
3.2.4 Rating procedure
Chapter 4 Data analysis
4.1 General descriptive statistics
4.2 Stepwise regression analysis
4.3 The FACETS analysis
4.4 Analysis on the differentiation of the analytic scoring rubric
4.5 Analysis on the writing ability discrepancy between different levels
4.5.1 The discrepancy between 010 and 020
4.5.2 The discrepancy between 020 and 030
4.5.3 The discrepancy between 030 and 040
4.5.4 The discrepancy between 040 and 050
4.6 Summary
Chapter 5 Discussion
5.1 Discussion on the functionality of the analytic rating rubric
5.2 Discussion on the examinees’ performance
5.3 Discussion on the discrepancy between different levels
5.4 Summary
Chapter 6 Conclusion and Implications
6.1 Summary of the research
6.2 Implications
6.3 Limitations
6.4 Further research
References
Appendix A The Analytic Rating Scale
Appendix B The Holistic Rating Scale
Appendix C 详细中文摘要
Acknowledgements