声明
摘要
Abstract
Contents
Chapter One Introduction
1．1 Research Background
1．2 Research Significance
1．3 Structure of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2．1 Validity
2．1．1 Definition of Validity
2．1．2 Content Validity
2．2 Reading
2．2．1 Nature of Reading
2．2．2 Schema Theory
2．2．3 Models of Reading
2．3 Theoretical Framework for Validating Reading Tests
2．3．1 Bachman’s Task FeatureTheory
2．3．2 Bachman and Palmer’s Framework
2．3．3 An Assessment Framework of Reading Comprehension Tests
2．4 Empirical Studies on Content Validity of NMET
Chapter Three Methodology
3．1 Research Design
3．1．1 Research Questions
3．1．2 Research Materials
3．1．3 Research Instruments
3．2 Research Procedures
3．2．1 Data Collection
3．2．2 Data Analysis
Chapter Four Findings and Discussion
4．1．1 Test Time
4．1．2 Test Staff
4．1．3 Familiarity
4．1．4 Conditions of Examination Room
4．2 Characteristic of Test Specification
4．2．1 Item Requirement
4．2．2 Test Structure
4．2．3 Time Allocation
4．2．4 Grading Methods
4．3 Characteristic of Test Input
4．3．1 Input Form
4．3．2 Input Content
4．4 Characteristic of Test Response
4．4．1 Basic Situations of the Test
4．4．2 Tested Skills
4．5 Characteristic of the Relationship Between Input and Response
4．5．1 Internal Reaction Between Input and Response
4．5．2 Correlation Between Input and Response
4．5．3 Directness of the Relationship
Chapter Five Conclusion
5．1 Major Findings
5．2 Implications of the Study
5．2．1 Implications for NMET Designing
5．2．2 Implications for English Instruction
5．3 Limitations of the Study
Bibliography
Appendices
Acknowledgments
