基础阶段英语专业的学生写作能力调查——兼谈TEM4反拨作用

本项研究依据Bachman ＆ Palmer（1996）考试反拨作用运行机制理论，从测试评估标准对学生笔头语言输出能力的影响这一微观层面，调查分析了针对四级英语测试（TEM4）评估标准而进行的强化训练对基础阶段写作能力教学的反拨作用。研究方法包括问卷调查、作文分数统计分析和语料库调查研究，以语料库调查为主。借助Vocabprofile和Wordsmith工具，结合TEM4国家专业命题委员会制定的衡量作文标准，从词汇、主题句和衔接手段三方面，对同一个班学生在强化训练前后作文语料作了定量性分析，获得了新的发现，得出了新的结论。

An Investigation on the Second-year English Majors' Writing Competence

The present research investigates the washback effect of the coaching for the TEM4 writing item on the second year English majors＇ written English competence. The theoretical framework of the research is based on Bachman ＆ Palmer＇s theory （1996） on the definition and operating mechanism of the washback effect of the use of test. Three approaches are employed in conducting the present research, such as questionnaires, statistical analysis, and corpusbased investigation. The main purpose of the research is to examine whether the coaching for the TEM4 writing item will have positive impact on the second year English majors written English competence on 3 aspects： vocabulary, topic sentence and cohesive devices. Findings indicate that the washback effect works efficiently to bring about the students improvement in their written English competence to some extent.