臺灣博碩士論文加值系統

於2013年起國中基本學力測驗走入歷史，2014年起由國中教育會考取而代之，其英語科難度提高、題目更靈活，考驗學生閱讀分析統整的能力。整體而言，題目屬於「中間偏難」。
本研究的目的在於： (1)分析基測與會考英文科選擇題，(2)探討其考試趨勢， (3)探討會考英文科選擇題是否反映國中英文教學課綱之內容。
本研究所選材料為2012年至2013年基測英文科選擇題、2014年至2015年會考英文科選擇題來做比較分析以及國民中學生必修科目「英文」課程綱要。首先，使用Microsoft Excel 軟體分析基測與會考英文科選擇題；其次，使用 Microsoft Excel 軟體分析會考的閱讀測驗各題型所占比例；最後，比較會考英文科題目內容以及國中英文教學課綱，並藉此探討試題內容是否能夠反映課綱上之教學重點。
本研究主要發現為：(1) 以往的基測中，單題的第一題皆為看圖選單字，除了2014年首屆會考無此題型，2015年單題的第一題又回到以前的出題模式，偏簡單的直觀題，靠單字拿分的題目越來越少。 (2) 英文閱讀在會考英文科中扮演重要角色，考驗學生對上下文意的理解力。 (3) 在會考英文科之閱讀測驗題目中，文章敘述較長且句型也較複雜，著重於測驗學生理解推論文章言外之意之能力。(4)會考英文科選擇題試題內容無法反映國中英文教學課綱中的課程目標。
總結以上發現，選擇題似乎並非測驗學生英文程度的唯一選擇。會考英文試
題內容無法適度反映教學課綱之教學目標可能造成負面的回沖效應，對英文教學
造成負面影響，本研究之成果或許能為未來之會考英文試題之設計提供些許參
考。

The Comprehensive Assessment Program (CAP) is an important examination for Taiwanese junior high school students entering senior high school. The following study aims to (a) analyze the multiple- choice questions in each section of the Basic Competence Test (BCT) and the CAP English test, (b) explore the English test trends on CAP, and (c) discuss whether the English evaluations of the BCT reflect the content of the official junior high school syllabus for English teaching. Selected materials for data analysis are the multiple-choice questions of the English tests, collected the 2012-2013 BCT and, the 2014-2015 CAP, and the official junior high school English teaching syllabus.
First, in order to examine the content and skill focuses of each test, the data from the 2012-2013 BCT and 2014-2015 CAP are analyzed by Microsoft Excel. The data is then used to look at the different purposes of each section and the percentage of each tests’ focus on these different skills. Finally, the official junior high school syllabus of English teaching is compared with the CAP to see whether the content of these tests reflects the stated purposes of the syllabus.
The major findings indicate that (a) in the previous BCTs, the first question of the test required students to view the figure or sentence and choose the correct vocabulary word to fill the blank. The first CAP examinations in 2014 did not contain these questions, but in 2015, it returned to the single question format for the topic and previous model. By returning to the simple and, intuitive format of selecting a vocabulary word, the test reflects that the isolated knowledge of vocabulary no longer plays the most important role in the English tests of the CAP, (b) instead, reading skills take the predominant role, by testing students’ ability to decipher and understand meaning in context. (c) The CAP employs reading passages containing long and complex sentences that focus on testing students' abilities to understand the article’s overall implications. (d) By focusing strictly on the length of readings that students are able to process, rather than strengthening integrated reading comprehension, the English tests of the CAP may fail to reflect the content of the official junior high school syllabus of English teaching.
Based on these findings, it is clear that the multiple-choice question format is neither the only nor the best way to evaluate learners’ English abilities. Furthermore, the washback effects of the CAP or the impact that test structure has on the teaching style and aims in future classes, may be negative due to the failure of these tests to adequately reflect the content of the official junior high school syllabus of English teaching. These items hold important implications for the design of the English tests of the CAP in the future.

Table of Contents
English Abstract i
Chinese Abstract iii
Acknowledgements v
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables viii
List of Figures ix
Chapter One: Introduction 1
1.1 Background and Motivation 1
1.2 Purposes and Research Questions 3
1.3 Significance of the Study 4
1.4 Definition of Key Term 5
1.4.1 Basic Competence Test (BCT) 5
1.4.2 Comprehensive Assessment Program (CAP) 6
Chapter Two: Literature Review 7
2.1 The Situation of CAP Development 7
2.1.1 The Development from BCT to CAP 7
2.1.2 The Background of the CAP’s Development 8
2.2 The Theory of Language Test 11
2.2.1 The Advantages of the Exam 11
2.2.2 The Orientation and Function of Language Tests 11
2.2.3 The Washback Effect 13
2.3 Research on Junior High School English Testing in Taiwan 15
Chapter Three: Method 19
3.1 Materials 19
3.2 Data Collection 21
3.3 Procedures of Data Analysis 21
3.4 Category of Reading Comprehension Questions 22
3.5 Statistical Word Occurrences 26
3.6 Statistical Grammar Occurrences 26
3.7 The Official Junior High School Syllabus 26
Chapter Four: Results 30
4.1 Reading Questions on the BCT and CAP 30
4.2 Reading Selection Quality Assessment 32
4.3 The Statistics of Vocabulary Occurrence 35
4.4 The Statistics of Grammar Occurrence 36
4.5 The Official Junior High School Syllabus of English Teaching 38
Chapter Five: Conclusion 40
5.1 Summary of Research Findings 40
5.2 Implications of the Study 41
5.3 Limitations of the Study 42
5.4 Suggestions for Future Research 42
References 45
Appendix 1 The Quality Checklist for Reading Test Selections 50
Appendix 2 The Grammar Concept Table of the Single Item 54
Appendix 3 Excerpts from the English Tests of the BCT and CAP 55


List of Tables
Table 2.1.2 The Comparison Chart of the BCT and CAP 10
Table 3.1 The Framework for the Quality Checklist Items 20
Table 3.4 Four Question Types of Reading 23
Table 3.7 Expected Learning Outcomes of the Four Skills 28
Table 4.1 Four Reading Questions by Token from 2012 to 2015 31
Table 4.2.1 The Quality Checklists for Reading Selections 33
Table 4.2.2 The Quality Score of Each Year’s Reading Selections 33
Table 4.3 The Single Item of Vocabulary Occurrence by Token and by Percentage from 2012 to 2015 35
Table 4.4 The Single Item of Grammar Occurrence by Token and by Percentage from 2012 to 2015 37


List of Figures and Chart
Chart 4.1 The Distribution of Four Reading Questions from 2012 to 2015 32
Figure 4.3 Vocabulary Occurrence Distribution by Percentage from 2012 to 2015 36
Figure 4.4 Grammar Occurrence Distribution by Percentage from 2012 to 2015
38

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