中国大学英语考试阅读部分构念效度研究
作者：桂敏著
出版时间： 2012年版
内容简介
桂敏等编著的《中国大学英语考试阅读部分构念效度研究》从心理语言学的视角，用验证性因子分析及结构方程模型的方法探究了中国大学英语四级考试阅读部分的构念效度。该研究对某高校181名本科生进行了测试，其中两项采用了实验心理语言学研究的最新技术、可以对受试者的反应时间进行精确到毫秒级测试的DMDX软件；共收集了44182个原始数据，用SPSS统计软件对数据进行了整理和分析，用Mplus软件进行了验证性因子分析及结构方程模型探索。研究结果显示“外语阅读能力”至“阅读考试成绩”之间的路径为0.75，说明大学英语四级考试阅读部分的成绩从很大程度上取决于考生的英语阅读能力，为大学英语四级考试阅读部分的构念效度提供了依据。其次，本研究结果还显示除了“词汇知识”、“句法知识”、“篇章结构知识”之外，“识词效率”和“工作记忆”对阅读能力具有显著性影响。这一结果具有较重要的理论和教学实践指导意义。《中国大学英语考试阅读部分构念效度研究》展示了最新、最精确的语言测量手段以及最尖端的定量研究方法，运用了最权威的二语阅读理论及语言测试理论，研究结果对外语阅读的理论发展及实践教学有重要的启示作用。
目录
List of TablesList of FiguresChapter I Introduction 1.1 Background 1.2 A Brief Introduction to the CET 1.3 Conceptualizing Reading and Reading Ability 1.3.1 Fit Language Reading Research 1.3.2 Conceptualizing L2 Reading and Reading Ability 1.4 Assessing Reading Ability 1.4.I Purposes and Models of Reading Assessment 1.4.2 Qualities of L2 Reading Assessment 1.5 A Validity Argument for Reading Assessments 1.6 Research Questio 1.7 Components Selected to Estimate Reading Ability in the Present Study 1.8 Confirmatory Models for Reading AbilityChapter 2 Literature Review 2.1 Yang & Weir's (1998) Validation Study of the NationalCollege English Test 2.2 Studies on the CET Spoken English Test (CET-SET) 2.3 Studies on the CET Listening Section 2.4 Studies on the CET Reading Section 2.5 Studies on the CET Writing Section 2.6 Studies on the CET Tralation Section 2.7 Studies on the Coequential Validity of the CETChapter 3 Research Methods 3.1 Recruitment of Participants 3.2 Itruments 3.2.1 The Itrument for Measuring Word Recognition 3.2.2 The Itrument for Measuring Working Memory 3.2.3 The Itrument for Measuring Semantic Knowledge 3.2.4 The Itrument for Syntactic Knowledge 3.2.5 The Itrument for Discoue Knowledge 3.2.6 The Itrument for Measuring Metacognitive Reading StrategyUse 3.3 Data Collection 3.3.1 Administration of the Six Itruments for Measuring ReadingComponents 3.3.2 Collection of the Scores in the CET Reading Section 3.4 Data Analysis 3.4.1 Software 3.4.2 Number of Items for Each Participant 3.4.3 Scoring Methods for the Word Recognition Task 3.4.4 Scoring Methods for the Working Memory Task 3.4.5 Scoring Methods for the Semantic Knowledge Measurement Task 3.4.6 Scoring Methods for Syntactic Knowledge Measurement Task 3.4.7 Scoring Methods for Discoue Knowledge Measurement Tasks 3.4.8 Scoring Methods for Metacognitive Reading Strategy UseMeasurement Tasks 3.5 Variable Index 3.6 Statistical Procedures 3.6.1 Item-Level Data Analysis 3.6.2 Confirmatory Factor Analysis 3.6.3 Structural Equation Modeling Analysis 3.6.4 Model Evaluation 3.6.5 Model Modification and RespccificationChapter 4 Results 4.1 Missing Data Treatment 4.2 Participants 4.3 Descriptive Statistics of the Six Itruments 4.3.1 Descriptive Statistics of the Word Recognition Measurement 4.3.2 Reliability of the Word Recognition Measurement 4.3.3 Descriptive Statistics for the Working Memory Measurement 4.3.4 Reliability of the Working Memory Measurement 4.3.5 Descriptive Statistics for the Semantic KnowledgeMeasurement 4.3.6 Reliability of the Semantic Knowledge Measurement 4.3.7 Descriptive Statistics for the Syntactic KnowledgeMeasurement 4.3.8 Reliability of the Syntactic Knowledge Measurement 4.3.9 Descriptive Statistics for the Discoue KnowledgeMeasurement 4.3.10 Reliability of the Discoue Knowledge Measurement 4.3.11 Descriptive Statistics for the Measurement ofMetacognitivc Reading Strategy Use 4.3.12 Reliability of the Measurement of Metacognitive ReadingStrategy Use 4.4 Descriptive Statistics for the Scores in the CET ReadingSection 4.5 Indicato of Word Recognition and Working Memory Variables 4.6 Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Nine Observed Variables 4.6.1 Model Specification 4.6.2 Model Identification 4.6.3 Data Summary 4.6.4 Model Estimation and Evaluation 4.6.5 Model Respecification 4.6.6 Parameter Estimates Interpretation 4.7 Competing CFA Models 4.7.1 Six-observed-variable CFA Model for Reading Ability 4.7.2 High Order CFA Model 1 for Reading Ability 4.7.3 Higher Order CFA Model 2 for Reading Ability 4.8 Full Latent Variable Structural Model Analysis 4.8.1 Model Specification 4.8.2 Model Identification 4.8.3 Data Summary 4.8.4 Model Estimation and Evaluation 4.8.5 Parameter Estimates InterpretationChapter 5 Conclusion 5.1 Cotruct Validity of the CET Reading Section as Revealed in thePresent Study 5.2 Implicatio for Validation Studies of the CET 5.3 The Components of Reading Ability 5.4 Implicatio for L2 Reading Theories 5.4.1 The Component Skills of L2 Reading 5.4.2 Lower-level Processing Efficiency of L2 Reading 5.5 Implicatio for L2 Reading Pedagogy 5.6 Implicatio for L2 Reading Assessment 5.7 A Discussion of the Itruments for Measuring Word Recognitionand Working Memory 5.8 Limitatio 5.9 Future Research 5.10 ConclusionAppendix A Participant Recruitment Flyer (Chinese Veion)Appendix B Participant Recruitment Flyer (English Veion)Appendix C Peonal Information Sheet (Chinese Veion)Appendix D Peonal Information Sheet (English Veion)Appendix E Measurement of Word RecognitionAppendix F Measurement of Working MemoryAppendix G Measurement of Semantic KnowledgeAppendix H Measurement of Syntactic KnowledgeAppendix I Measurement of Discoue KnowledgeAppendix J Measurement of Metacognitive Strategy in ReadingReferences
