摘要
受任务型语言教学及人们对传统语言测试不满的影响 ,基于任务的语言测试 (TBLA)流行起来。与以语言形式或技能为重点的传统语言测试不同的是 ,基于任务的语言测试是以任务为核心 ,测试所要评定的是应试者完成任务的表现。然而 ,设计基于任务的语言测试并非易事 ,它涉及到如何设计任务 ,以及如何对应试者完成任务的情况做出评定等 ,这实际上是语言测试的基本问题 ,即语言测试测什么及怎么测。
Interest in TBLA can be attributed to such factors as the alignment of task based assessment with task based instruction, positive 'washback' effects of assessment practices on instruction, and the limitations of discrete skill assessment. However, designing a TBLA assessment is not an easy job. It raises questions of just how to design complex tasks, evaluate students performances, and draw valid conclusions therefrom. The complexities of TBLA are leading language testers to reconsider many of the fundamental issues about what we want to assess, how we go about it and what sorts of evidence we need to provide in order to justify the ways in which we use our assessments. This paper examines the major concerns in TBLA.
出处
《外语教学与研究》
CSSCI
北大核心
2003年第5期352-358,共7页
Foreign Language Teaching and Research
