简介:Thispaperpresentsastudyoftheeffectofcultur-albackgroundonTOEFLscores.Itproceedsfromtherelationbetweencultureandlanguage,thenillus-trateswithactualquestionsfromvarioussectionsofTOEFLtestshowAmericanculturalbackgroundexertsaremarkableinfluenceonTOEFLscores,andcon-cludeswithrevelationswithregardtoEnglishteachinginthiscountry.
简介:WiththeeverincreasingpopularityofinternationalstandardizedEnglishproficiencytests,thetesttakers’crazeforthemhasneverbeengreater.However,theissueoftheinequitywhichcomesfromthelegitimateknowledgewhichdecidesatest-taker’sscorehasn’tbeenfullyexposed.ThetheoreticalstudyofthisissueinthispaperhelpsexplorethelegitimateknowledgetestedininternationalEnglishproficiencytests.ByexaminingthelegitimateknowledgeinthesampletestsofIELTSandTOEFL,thestudyrevealstheunderlyingbiaswhichconstitutesadecentscoreforthetesttakers.Intheend,thestudyproposesamorebalancedassessmentmodelfordiscussion.
简介:TOEFL是目前规模最大的国际性、标准化外语考试之一,自1964年面世以来,已有50年的历史。从TOEFL的发展过程来看,它经历了从纸笔测试(PBT,paper-basedtest)到网络测试(iBT,Internet-basedtest)的过程。从试卷结构、测试内容和测试形式来看,TOEFL主要经历了五个发展阶段。从测试学角度讲,TOEFL不仅见证了现当代语言测试理论的发展历程,也反映了现代语言学理论、语言测试学理论、心理测量学、社会实践等诸学科之间的协调和统一。探究TOEFL的历时变迁对我国大规模外语测试具有重要的启发意义。