雅思与华威阅读测试对比研究

雅思和华威考试都是专为拟进入以英语为教学目标语言的欧美高等院校进行学习深造的学生提供的尺度参照性考试。本文从文本表现形式、难度系数、主题选择、阅读理解任务的真实性、题目数量、题型类型等方面对两者阅读测试部分的效度和信度进行了对比分析。

A Comparative Study of Reading Comprehension Tests between IELTS and WELT

The International English Language Testing System(IELTS) and Warwick English Language Test(WELT) are both criterion-referenced tests which are designed to assess whether a candidate has sufficient linguistic proficiency to study in the medium of English at an undergraduate or postgraduate level.This paper analyzes and compares the reliability and validity of the sections of reading comprehension tests of the two from such perspectives as authenticity,question number and types and so on based on expression forms,difficult coefficients,theme selection and reading comprehension task of the texts.