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1、关于英语词汇测试设计的几点建议摘要：词汇测试作为英语语言测试的重要组成部分，必须有效并且可信。有效的词汇测试是指测试该测试的词汇而可信的词汇测试则是指在同等的条件下给出相同的测试结果。词汇测试的设计必须要考虑到其效度与信度。关键词：词汇测试效度信度选择题Abstract：Vocabularytest,asanimportantpartofEnglishIanguagetests,shouldbevalidandreliable.Avalidvocabularytestisonewhichtestswhatitissupposedtotest,whileareliablevocab

2、ularytestisonewhichwillalwaysgivethesameresultunderthesamecondition.Atthefirstplace,vocabularytestshouldbethereforedesignedwithconsideringvalidityandreliability.Keywords：testingvocabulary,validity,reliability,multiple-choiceVocabularytestisconsideredasanimportantpartofIanguagetests,becausethe

3、reisasenseinwhichlearningaforeignIanguageisbasicallyamatteroflearningthevocabularyofthatIanguage.Itispointedoutthatthepurposeofvocabularytestsisusuallytosupplyinformatiorbandtheinformationshouldbeaccurate・Sovocabularytestsshouldbevalidandreliable,andshouldbedesignedwithconsideringvalidityandr

4、eliability・TestvalidityindesigningvocabularytestsAvalidvocabularytestisonewhichtestswhatitissupposedtotest.Therearetwopointsshouldbeconcernedhere：oneistheselectionoflexicalitems；theotheristhewaysofconstructingitemsfortestingvocabulary・Thewriterofavocabularytestfirstdeterminesthedegreetowhichh

5、e/shewishestoconcentrateontestingthestudent，sactiveorpassivevocabulary,anddecideswhetherthelexicalitemsinthetestshouldbetakenfromspokenorthewrittenIanguage・Lexicalitemscanbeselectedfrom：-…thesyllabus(includingawordfrequencylistifavailable)；-■一thestudents'textbook(providedtheitemsapproximateto

6、thoseusedinnaturalspeechsituations)；-■一thestudents'readingmaterial(e.g.simplifiedreaders,literarytexts)；and-一-lexicalerrorstakenfromstudents，free-writtenwork(orfromstudents'incorrectanswersinaclozetest)・Thenthewriterofavocabularytestshouldselectoutthetypicalwordsfromthelexicalitems・Whatiscall

7、ed“typical”isthatitcantesttheextentofastudent，svocabularybysometypicalwords・Supposethereare30wordsselected,whichcanbedividedintoseveralclasses・Anditispossiblemeasuretheextentofastudent'svocabularyaccordingtotheclassthatthetypicalwordsrecogniz