Development and Validation of a Test Measuring Language Analytic Ability for Chinese FL learners:A Rasch-Based Pilot Study  

面向中国外语学习者的语言分析能力试题的开发与效度验证:一项基于Rasch分析的预试研究（英文）

作　　者：李兰荣[1] 罗少茜[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京师范大学外国语言文学学院

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Applied Linguistics》2014年第2期194-212,265,共20页中国应用语言学（英文）

基　　金：supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(105563GK)

摘　　要：This study reports the development, piloting and initial validation of a test measuring language analytic ability - one foreign language aptitude component for Chinese learners of foreign languages （FL）. A test with 50 items was constructed and administered to 53 third-year English majors. Rasch analyses showed that the subtest of inductive language learning ability was too easy. After removing misfitting items, the reduced grammatical sensitivity subtest showed satisfactory psychometric properties. The Rasch measures of the students＇ grammatical sensitivity were also found to be correlated significantly with their TEM-4 scores and their English reading grades, thus providing further evidence for the validity of the this subtest.本研究报告了开发、试测一项面向中国外语学习者的语言分析能力(外语学能的一个成分)的试题,并对其进行效度验证的过程。一套包含50个题目的试题被设计出来并施测给53名三年级英语专业学生。Rasch分析结果表明归纳语言学习能力试题过于容易。删除一些不拟合的题目后,语法敏感性试题显示出令人满意的心理测量特质。学生在语法敏感性试题上的Rasch能力估值与他们的英语专业四级测试分数和一项英语阅读成绩存在显著相关,由此为这部分学能试题的效度提供了更多证据。

关 键 词：foreign language aptitude test language analytic ability inductive language learning ability grammatical sensitivity Rasch analysis 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]