tesl canada national conference.ppt

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCYTESTING A Critical Survey Presented by Ruth Hungerland, Memorial University of Newfoundland, TESL Newfoundland and Labrador 托福考试 新托福满分为120分，分别为口语、听力、阅读和写作四部分，四个单项各为30分。同时，美国部分学校给出了对新托福网考的成绩要求，多数学校总分的分数要求在80分到95分之间，相当于笔考为考托福的550分到587分之间。 世界范围内最为广泛认可的学术英语测试，110个国家逾6000所大专院校接受托福成绩。除美国外，英国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰、德国、香港、新加坡、荷兰、韩国和日本等国家同样高度认可托福成绩。 听力：30分 　　听力部分包含两个对话(conversation)和四段课堂讲解(lecture)。 阅读：30分 　　新托福考试阅读部分约为60到100分钟，包括3到5篇文章，每篇650至750个单词，每篇对应12至14道试题。 写作：30分 新托福考试的写作部分包括两道试题，需在大约50分钟的时间内完成。 口语 　　新托福考试的口语部分共有6题，总时间为15－20分钟。 Please God may I not fail Please God may I get over sixty per cent Please God may I get a high place Please God may all those likely to beat me get killed in road accidents and may they die roaring. Irish novelist McGahern Overview Types of language tests Ways of describing tests Evaluating the usefulness of language tests Overview of common language tests: ? TOEFL, TOEIC, IELTS, and CAEL Impact of testing on learning and teaching Critical use of language tests Testing Questions Testing Questions What is actually being tested by the test we are using? What is the“best” test to use? What relevant information does the test provide? How is testing affecting teaching and learning behaviour? Is language testing “fair”? Types of Language Tests Achievement test associated with process of instruction assesses where progress has been made should support the teaching to which it relates Alternative Assessment need for assessment to be integrated with the goals of the curriculum learners are engaged in self-assessment Proficiency test aims to establish a test taker’s readiness for a particular communicative role general measure of “language ability” measures a relatively stable trait used to make predictions about future language performance (Hamp-Lyons, 1998) high-stakes test Some ways of describing tests Objective Subjective Indirect Direct Discrete-