英文文摘
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 The relationship between language testing and teaching
1.2 The purpose of the thesis
1.3 The overview of the thesis
Chapter 2 Theoretical Basis
2.1 Communicative testing approach
2.1.1 Three competences which combine to produce communicative competence
2.2 Communicative approach can and should be applied to vocabulary test
2.3 Test-takers' performance is under the influence of the testing method
2.4 Decontextualized vocabulary tests have already fallen out of favor among language teachers and testers
2.5 An analysis of the types of knowledge that contribute to contextual inferencing ability
2.5.1 Linguistic knowledge
2.5.2 World knowledge
2.5.3 Strategic knowledge
Chapter 3 Literature Review
3.1 An overview of vocabulary test
3.1.1 Vocabulary depth
3.1.2 Types of vocabulary test
3.1.3 The criticism of single-sentence vocabulary items
3.2 Contextualization: The case of TOFEL
3.2.1 A brief introduction on the role of contextualization played in TOFEL and the achievement made by Henning
3.2.2 What's new in the present study
Chapter 4 The Present Study
4.1 Research questions
4.2 Participants
4.3 Testing materials and methods
4.4 Selection of target words
4.4.1 The standard for choosing target words
4.4.2 An investigation of the target words chosen in CET 4
4.4.3 An analysis of target words distribution in CET 4
4.5 Guideline for choosing materials and target words in this study
4.6 Instruments
4.7 Analysis of students' process of undertaking the exam
Chapter 5 Findings and Results
5.1 Data analysis
5.1.1 Correlation analysis
5.1 2 Discrimination index
5.1.3 A comparison between the means of CVI and that of SVI
5.1.4 Reliability
5.1.5 The evaluation made by testees to the two types of the vocabulary items
5.1.6 Summary
5.2 Further analysis
5.2.1 Research on different types of items in CVI and their effects on students of different levels
5.2.2 The relationship between assurance and giving correct answer
Chapter 6 Implications and conclusions
6.1 Implications
6.1.1 Target words and materials
6.1.2 the language teachers' role
6.2 Conclusion
6.3 Limitations of the study
References
Appendix Ⅰ Frequency level of the words tested in CET
Appendix Ⅱ Frequency level of the words tested in experimental tests
Appendix Ⅲ Test papers used in the experiment
