简介:IntroductionAlmostwithoutexception,babiesaresuccessfulatlearningtheirmothertongue.Infinitepatience,enthusiasticencouragementandgenerouspraisefromallaroundobviouslyplayaveryimportantrole.Soitisnosurprisethatthefirstattemptatspeakingimmediatelymeetssuchawarmwelcome.AsJespersen(1922)stated’Achild’s’teachers’aregreatlypleasedateverylittleadvancethechildmakes.Everyawkwardattemptmeetswithsympathyandencouragement,andthemostdifficultsteponthepathoflanguagebecomesthemerriestgame.’
简介:TheCET4writingtestiswidelyusedinChina,butwhetheritisamorereliableandvalidtestofwritingforCET4thanothermethodsofevaluationisstillnotclear.Thepurposeofthisstudywastoexaminethereliabilityandthevalidityofamodificationofthistest.Incarryingoutthestudy,atotalof60Band4studentsinZhejiangUniversitytookthemodifiedtest,aCET4testandaFirstCertificatePracticeTest.TheresultsofthisstudydemonstratethatthemodifiedversionisasignificantlymorereliableandvalidwritingtestthanthepresentCET4writingtest.TheseresultssuggestthattheCET4writingtestneedsmodification.