ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
摘要
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Background of the Research
1.2 Significance of the Research
1.2.1 Theoretical Significance
1.2.2 Practical Significance
1.3 Organization of the Thesis
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Major Concepts of the Research
2.1.1 Concepts of Content Validity
2.1.2 Concepts of Reading Comprehension
2.1.3 Concepts of Reading Comprehension Test
2.2 Theoretieal Foundations
2.2.1 Bachman and Palmer’s Framework on Language Testing
2.2.2 Theories on Reading Comprehension
2.2.3 Implications of the Theories
2.3 Empirical Researches on Content Validity of Reading Comprehension Tests
2.3.1 Researches Abroad
2.3.2 Researches at Home
Chapter Three Methodology
3.1 Research Questions
3.2 Research Subjects
3.3 Research Instruments
3.3.1 The Revised Assessment Framework for Reading Comprehension Tests
3.3.2 The Testing Specifications,the Teaching Syllabus and NECS
3.3.3 Readability Analyzer and Microsoft Excel
3.4 Research Procedures
3.4.1 Data Collection
3.4.2 Data Analysis
Chapter Four Result and Discussion
4.1 Result and Discussion on Characteristics of the Input
4.1.1 Passage Length
4.1.2 Reading Speed
4.1.3 New Words
4.1.4 Readability
4.1.5 Topic Area
4.1.6 Genre
4.1.7 Sentence Types
4.2 Result and Discussion on Characteristics of the Expected Response
4.2.1 Response Types
4.2.2 Question Types
4.2.3 Reading Skill Coverage
Chapter Five Conclusions
5.1 Major Findings of the Research
5.1.1 Characteristics of the Reading Comprehension Tests of ZJMET
5.1.2 Content Validity of the Reading Comprehension Tests of ZJMET
5.2 Implications
5.2.1 Implications for Test Design
5.2.2 Implications for English Teaching and Learning
5.3 Limitations of the Research
5.4 Suggestions for Future Research
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