大学英语四级考试改革——利大于弊

在过去的一段时间里，大学英语四级考试过分强调过级证书的重要性，而忽视了对学生语言实际应用能力的考察，越来越不适应社会发展对学生的要求，引起了教育者和相关学者的广泛关注，故而实行大学英语四级考试改革。其目的在于突出对考生语言实际应用能力的考察，避免考试中存在的高分低能现象，即考生在考试中获得的高分和实际英语应用水平的落差，使考生更加注重对英语基本能力的训练，比如听说能力，写作能力，改错能力等，从而使大学英语四级考试的结果能够更真实地反映学生的英语实际综合能力和水平。

The Reform of CET-4 English Test: More Advantages than Disadvantages

CET-4 English test used to stress the importance of certificates and neglect the investigation of students' linguistic practice.This is against the social demands and arouses much concern among educators and scholars.The reform of CET-4 English test highlights the diagnosis of students' linguistic practice in an attempt to overcome the defect of high marks with low-level linguistic practice through such discrete items as listening and speaking,writing,and proof-reading.