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1、ComparingtheValidityoftheGlobalandLocalQuestionsinEnglishListeningTestsforJuniorHighStudentsAThesisSubmittedinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsoftheMaster'sDegreeByHuangTingliSupervisor:Assoc.Prof.FangLanGuangzhouUniversityMay2018AcknowledgementsFi
2、rstandforemost,IoffermysinceregratitudetoAssoc.Prof.FangLan,mysupervisor,forhergracioushelp,sustainedencouragementandtirelesspatience,withoutwhichthecompletionofthisthesiswouldhardlyhavebeenpossible.DuringthepasttwoyearsattheSchoolofForeignLanguages,
3、GuangzhouUniversity,Ihavebeenunderhersupervisionandlearnedmuchfromher.Herinspiration,encourage,andguidancewillhaveremarkableinfluenceonmyentirecareerinthefuture.Iwouldliketoexpressmygratitudetoalltheprofessorswhohavegiventhelecturesandguidedmeintothe
4、investigationofEnglishlanguageduringmypostgraduatestudyinGuangzhouUniversity.IalsowishtoextendmythankstoalltheteachersandstudentsofDongjiangMiddleSchoolwhotookthelisteningcomprehensiontestinthisstudywithgreatcollaboration.Myappreciationalsoextendstom
5、yclassmatesandfriendswhohaveofferedtheirselflessassistanceandgenerousencouragement.Lastbutnotleast,Iwouldliketothankmyparentsfortheirendlessloveandcontinuoussupportduringmystudy.AbstractAlthoughthevalidityofmultiple-choicequestionhasbeendoubted,ithas
6、beenwidelyusedinvariousEnglishlisteningtestsathomeandabroad.Nowadays,thetrendofusingmultiple-choicequestionasatestmethodcannotbechanged.Therefore,itisnecessarytosearchforwaystoimprovethevalidityofmultiple-choicequestion.Multiple-choicequestionhastwoq
7、uestiontypes,includingtheglobalandlocalquestions.Basedontheliteraturereview,questiontypesaffectthevalidityoflisteningtesting,however,comparativelyfewstudiesfocusonquestiontypes.Besides,inconsistentfindingsarereportedintheexistingresearchesofquestiont
8、ypes.Somestudiesdemonstratethatquestiontypeshaveasignificanteffectonlisteningcomprehensionwhilesomestudiesdemonstratethattheeffectisneutral.Inaddition,thesestudiesdonotexplaintheresultsfromtheperspectiveoftestvalidity.Basedonthis,itisnecessarytocompa