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1、LanguageTestsandandTheirInfluenceonEnglishTeachingChapter1IntroductionInrecentyears,asourcountryisopeninguptotheoutsideworld,ourworldhasbecomingsmallerandsmaller,somecalled“globalvillage”.Underthegreateconomicsituation,Englishlearninghaveregardsasakindoffashion.Moststudentshavelearn
2、ingthesecondlanguagebeforetheyenterprimaryschool.Inuniversity,differenttypesoflanguageexaminationsareoverwhelmingthewholecampus.Mostofusareaddictedinthesetests.Thegraduatedstudentsandthecollegestudentsbotharekeenontakepartinallsortsoflanguagetests.TheytrytheirbesttopassCET4andCET6,f
3、ortheEnglishmajors,theycontendthattheyshouldgaintheresultofTEM4andTEM8.Inaddition,therearesomeothertests,suchasIELTS,GRE,TOEFL,BEC,Translation,interpretation,andsoon.1.1KindsofLanguageTests1.11Thefirstcategory:nationalcollegeEnglishtests(CET4,CET6andTEM4,TEM8)Organizer:OfficeoftheNa
4、tionalCollegeEnglishTestCommitteeTargetAudience:CET4andCET6forthe(non)Englishmajorincollegewholearninginthehigherinstitution,doesnotopentosocialworkerssincetheendof2007;TEM4andTEM8onlyforthesophomoreandseniorEnglishmajorwhohavepassedthenationalcollegeentranceexamination.Thetimeofexa
5、mination:CET4andCET6isinJuneandDecembereachyear;TEM4isinAprileachyear,TEM8isinMarcheachyear.Themeansofregistration:forCET4andCET6,studentsunifiedbycollegeEnglishdepartment;forTEM4andTEM8,registrationwiththecollectivecollegecardinNovemberorDecembereachyear,detailswillbesubjecttotheno
6、ticeoftheuniversity'sOfficeofAcademicAffairs.Donotacceptregistrationofotherstudents.1.12Thesecondcategory:thetestsforstudyingabroad(TOEFL,IELTS,GRE,GMAT)TOEFLOrganizer:TOEFL,TestofEnglishasaForeignLanguage,launchedbyETS(EducationalTestingService),ExaminationCenterofMinistryofEducati
7、oninourcountryisresponsibleforit.TargetAudience:Universitygraduates,opentothecommunity.Currently,thereareabout3,000universitiesrequirestudentsinnon-Englishspeakingcountries,nomatterwhatprofessionallearning,mustparticipateinTOEFLexam.TOEFLscoresinmanyinstitutionshasbecomeanimportants
8、tandardwhethertogra