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SPECIFICATIONSFORTEM4
TestPurpose
Theaimofthetestis,firstly,tohaveacomprehensiveexaminationofthestudents,achievementoftherequirmentssetforthintheteachingsyllabusforTEM4,andsecondly,toassessstudents,abilitytoapplyvariousbasicskillsaswellastheirmasteryofgrammarstructureandwordusage,whichistotestbothstudents,comprehensiveabilityandtheirindividualskills.Thetestisatthesametimeameansofevaluatingthequalityofteachingandpromotinginter-schoolcommunication.
TextDomain
TheoreticalConstruct:
students,abilityoflisteningandwritingaswellasgrammaticalknowledgeandvocabularycorrespondingtotheteachingsyllabus.
Operations:
1)Dictation
a)beabletowritedownthewholepassageinconditionoffullyunderstandingthecontent.
2)ListeningComprehension
beabletounderstandthespeechandtalkaboutdailylifeorsociallifeofEnglishspeakingcountries,thenseizethemainargumentorplotsandmakereasoningandanalysisonthelisteningmaterials.
beabletounderstandthemaincontentofVOAorBBCnews.
3)Cloze
a)beabletofullyunderstandthecontentoftheessayandselectthebestanswertomakethearticlecompletebothinmeaningandstructure.
4)GrammarandVocabulary
beabletousethegrammarstructuresrangefromlevelonetolevelfourcorrectly.
b)beabletomaster3000—4000ofthevocabularyof5500—6500asrequiredinthesyllabus.
5)ReadingComprehension
beabletoreadthemedium-difficultyarticlesandmaterialsofBritishandAmericancountries.
beabletounderstandthemainidea.
beabletounderstandthematerialliterallyaswellasperformjudgmentandinferenceinthedeepermeaning.
d)beabletodeducethemeaningofanunknownwordfromthecontext.
6)Writing
a)beabletowriteanessayofabout150wordsaccordingtothegiventopic,chartordigitalstatistics;beabletowriteanoteof50—60wordscorrespondingtothetips.
b)beabletousepunctuationandspellwordscorrectly.
c)beabletowritecorrectandappropriatesentences.
d)beabletomanipulatesentenceandparagraphseffectively.
>TestTakers
StudentsinGrade2ofEnglishmajors.
>TestContent
1)Dictation
shortpassagesorgeneralintroductionsofhistory,societyandculture,science,geography,etc.
2)ListeningComprehension
conversationsindailylife,formalspeeches,briefintroductionofaperson,athingoranewconcept,etc.
3)Cloze
shortpassagesabouthistory,society,culture,science,geography,etc.
4)GrammarandVocabulary
sentencesorveryshortdialogues.
5)ReadingComprehension
shortstories,newspaperarticles,instructions,reports,etc.
6)Writing
)notesexpressingthanks,congratulation,apology,etc
)discussionsofhotissues,socialphenomenon,personalopinions,etc
Focus:
Testtasksoritemsshouldbedesignedinaccordancewiththesyllabusofthetest,meanwhiletheaimistocheckstudents,knowledge,comprehensionandotherspecificskillswhicharerequiredforstudentsmajoringinEnglish.
Itemlength
1)Dictation
Onepassageofabout150words.
2)ListeningComprehension
Conversations
10conversationsofabout200wordseach.
Passages
10passagesofabout200wordseach.
NewsBroadcast
10piecesofnewsfromBBCorVOA.
3)Cloze
Onepassageofabout250words.
4)GrammarandVocabulary
15multiplechoicesongrammar.
15multiplechoicesonvocabularyandphraseusage.
5)ReadingComprehension
4or5passagesoftotally1800words.
6)Writing
Composition
Onecompositionofabout200words.
Note-Writing
Onenoteof50-60words.
>TestMethod
Discrete-pointtestandintegrativetestareusedincombinationwithemphasisonthelatter.
>TestTasksandItemTypes
Type
ExpectedResponse
Mode
Dictation
Constructed
Written
ListeningComprehension
Selected
Written
Cloze
Selected
Written
Grammar&Vocabulary
Selected
Written
ReadingComprehension
Selected
Written
Writing
Constructed
Written
>TimeDuration
Thetestshouldbecompletedwithin140minutes.
Writinganddictationtakes60minutes.
Listeningcomprehension,cloze,grammarandvocabulary,reading
comprehensiontakestotally80minutes.
TestOrganizationandWeighting
Component
Number
Weighting
(totalscore100)
PartOne:Dictation
(constructed)
1passage
15%
PartTwo:
Listeningcomprehension
(multiplechoice)
30
multiplechoices
15%
Partthree:Cloze(multiplechoice)
20
multiplechoices
10%
Partfour:
Grammar&Vocabulary
(multiplechoice)
30
multiplechoices
15%
Partfive:
Readingcomprehension
(multiplechoice)
15
multiplechoices
20%
Partsix:writing(constructed)
1passage
1note
25%
ScoringCriteria
Fortheselected-responsetypetasksoritems,astandardkeyisprovided(omitted).
Fortheconstructed-responsetypetasksoritems,scoringcriteriaareprovidedasfollows:
Dictation
Dictatingpassagewillbedividedinto15partswitheverypartscoringonepoint.
Everypartwillbedeductedpointsofnomorethanonepoint.
Mistakescanthedividedintotwokinds:minormistakesandmajormistakes.
Minormistakes:worongspellingofnomorethantwowords,suchassteadily-staedily,harbor-habor,parent-parents,mouths-mouth;andTwominormistakesaccounthalfapoint,andfourforonepoint.
Majormistakes:missingwords,addingwords,creatingwordsorchangingwords(articlemistakesaregroupedintominormistakes),suchasmouth-moth,task-test,trip-trap,flee-flea,havefinished-finsh(ed).
Onemajormistakeaccountshalfapoint.
Repeatingmistakeswillbedeductedpointsonce.
Writing
Thetotalscoreofwritingis15.Itwillcheckedatthefollowingfivegrades：
15points
EffectiveCommunicationwithAccuracies:Thewritingeffectivelyaddressesthewritingtask.Itdemonstratesawelldevelopedlogicalorganizationalstructurewithclearlystatedmainideasandsufficientsupportingdetails.Ithasalmostnoerrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysanadequateabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Nodifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
14-12points
GoodCommunicationwithFewInaccuracies:Thewritingadequatelyaddressesalmostallofthewritingtask,thoughitdealswithsomepartsmoreeffectivelythanothers.Itdemonstratesagenerallywell-developedlogicalorganizationalstructurewithmainideasandsupportingdetails.Ithasrelativelyfewsignificanterrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysanabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Verylittledifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
11-9points
PassableCommunicationwithSomeInaccuracies:Thewritingadequatelyaddressesmostofthewritingtask.Onthewhole,itdemonstratesanadequatelydevelopedorganizationalstructure,thoughtheremayoccasionallybealackofrelevance,clarity,consistencyorsupport.Ithasoccasionalerrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,whichmay,fromtimetotime,obscuremeaning,fanforthemostpartitdisplayssomeabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Occasionaldifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
8-6points
ProblematicCommunicationwithFrequentInaccuracies:Thewritingonlyaddressessomeofthewritingtask.Itdemonstratesaninadequateorganizationalstructure,andtheremayquiteoftenbealackofrelevance,clarity,consistencyorsupport.Ithasfrequenterrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysalimitedabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Somedifficultyisexperiencedbythereader.
5-3points
AlmostNoCommunication:Thewritingalmostcompletelyfailstoaddressthewritingtask.Ithasneitheranorganizationalstructurenorcoherence.Almostallsentencescontainerrorsofvocabulary,spelling,punctuationorsyntax,anditdisplaysnoabilitytousethelanguagewithappropriacy.Evenafterconsiderableeffortonthepartofthereader,thetextislargelyincomprehensible
TestAdministration
Supervisorsshouldfollowthefollowingproceduresduringthetestadministration1)Beforethetest,imformstudentsoftheproceduresofthetestadministration2)TestinstructionshouldbereadtothestudentsinEnglishorChinesebeforethetestbegins
Openthebagthatenvelopthetestpaperinfrontofstudentsforfair
Distributethetestpaperfiveminutesbeforethetest.TheanswersheetofDICTATIONshouldbecollectedaftertheendofDICTATION,andthenthesuperviordistributetheotheransewersheettostudentfortherestoftest.
Remainstudentoftheremainingtimelimit15minutesbefore
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