Locating College Students' Reading Grade Level through Criterion-Referenced Vocabulary Tests

大學生英文閱讀年級指數的探討－單字標準化測驗的應用研究

鄭宗諭(Tzung-Yu Cheng)

《通識教育學報》 12期 (2007/12) Pp. 201-213

https://doi.org/10.7107/JGED.200712.0201

摘要

本研究利用單字標準化測驗探討大學生的英文閱讀年級指數。目的是要找出國內大學生的英文閱讀能力大約同等於美國學制的那一年級。145位來自一所醫學大學的學生在期中考時接受The Slossen Oral Reading Test的測試。敘述性統計學分析結果：全部受測者的年級分佈為小學一年級到六年級。詳細分佈比率如下：六年級(4.8%)、五年級(26.2%)、四年級(38.6%)、三年級(24.15%)、二年級(5.5%)、一年級(0.7%)。眾數及平均年級為四年級。本研究的對象為非醫學類學生，研究結果只能適用於中、西、牙醫、藥學及物理治療以外的其他科系學生。如何利用本研究結果協助分班以及指定配合學生能力的英語教材，在文中有詳細的討論。

關鍵字

英文閱讀測驗 ； 標準化測驗 ； 能力分級 ； 閱讀年級指數

並列摘要

This study is intended to locate the English reading grade levels of EFL college students by using word criterion-referenced tests. The subjects are 145 college freshmen at a medical university in Taiwan. These students were administered The Slossen Oral Reading Test at mid-term. Descriptive statistics delineates the range to be from Grade 1 to Grade 6. Both Grade 1 and Grade 6 are at the extremities of the bell curve as only 0.7% of the students were at Grade 1 and 4.8% at Grade 6. The other Grade levels were determined to contain as follows: Grade 2=5.5%, Grade 3=24.15%, Grade 4=38.6% and Grade 5=26.2%. The results are followed with a graph to illustrate this range. Discussions are offered to include the advantages and disadvantages of using this approach under the current EFL teaching context in Taiwan. Limitations and further research paths are also suggested.

並列關鍵字

English Reading Tests ； English Standardized Tests ； Ability Grouping ； Grade Equivalents

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