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1、TEM-4阅读理解部分考生答题策略的研究与分析IntroductionThispaperprovidesonananalysisofthetest-takingstrategiesthattesttakersusedintheReadingsectionofTEM-4(2005).Therehasbeenagrowingrecognitionoftheimportanceofgainingabetterunderstandingofhowreadingandtest-takingstrategiesareusedontestsas
2、partofprocessofconstructvalidation:"therelationshipbetweentestperformanceandtheconstruct,orability,itisintendedtomeasure^^(Anderson,Bachman,Perkins,&Cohen,1991).Inshort,asCohen(1994)hasnoted,“inordertoassessreadingcomprehensioninasecondorforeignlanguage,itisnecess
3、arytohaveaworkingknowledgeofwhatthatprocessentails^^・AsBachmanandPalmer(1996)morerecentlyhavestated,"unlesswecandemonstratethattheinferences(aboutlanguageability)wemakeonthebasisoflanguagetestsarevalid,wehavenojustificationforusingtestscoresformakingdecisionsaboutindi
4、viduals...wemustdemonstratethattheseinferencesareappropriateforthedecisionsweneedtomake".Andrecently,Chinesescholarhadfoundthat"Theresultshaveshowntentativelythatthereexistcertainpatternsofrelationshipamongspecificquestiontypes,readingstrategiesandreadingperformance.(
5、Zou,2002).Consequently,itisimportanttohavegoodinsightintowhatitispeoplewhotakereadingcomprehensiontestsdoinordertocompletethem.Sointhispaper,themainmethodologywillbeverbalreport・Andacasestudyaboutthedifferenttest-takingstrategieswillbedonebetweenonehighachievedtest-ta
6、kerandonelowachievedtest-taker.LiteratureReview2.1ApproachestolanguagetestingLanguagetestscanberoughlyclassifiedaccordingtofourmainapproachestotesting:theessay・translationapproach;thestructuralistapproach;theintegrativeapproach;thecommunicativeapproach.Theessay-transl
7、ationapproachiscommonlyreferredtoasthepre-scientificstageoflanguagetestingandnospecialskillorexpertiseintestingisrequired.Testsusuallyconsistofessaywriting,translation,andgrammaticalanalysis.Thestructuralistapproachischaracterizedbytheviewthatlanguagelearningischiefly
8、concernedthesystematicacquisitionofasetofhabits.Inthisapproach,phonology,vocabularyandgrammarareoftentested.Theintegrativeap
