大学英语评估系统的现状及改革建议

当前的大学英语教学评估系统包括三个子系统:基础阶段结束时的四、六级英语考试;各学期期末的学业考试;社会对大学生英语综合能力的需求和评价。但是,由于许多学校和用人单位都把四、六级考试作为考核的终极标准,导致现在的大学英语教学整个只是围绕四、六级考试进行,而四、六级考试本身又存在许多问题,造成了一种恶性循环;各学期期末的学业考试失去了其本身的意义,只是一种四、六级考试的模拟;学生也缺乏适当的途径去了解社会对英语运用能力的实际需求。这三个子系统对大学英语的教学产生了严重的负面反拨效应,要想对大学英语进行改革,首先就要从评估系统着手。

The assessment system of college English:the current situation and it''''s reform

College English assessment system contains three subsystems: CET-4 or CET-6 at the end of basic courses; the final examinations of each term; and the society's needs and evaluation towards students' practical English. However, because many colleges and companies take CET-4 or CET-6 as the standard of many evaluations, CET-4 or CET-6 has become the center of the current college English education. Moreover, CET-4 and CET-6 have many deficiencies in itself, which has resulted in a bad circulation. The final examinations have lost their real meaning and become a kind of copy of CET-4 or CET-6. The students also lack of proper channels to know the society's needs towards their practical English. As a result, all the three subsystems have caused a serious negative washback to the college English education. The reform of college English education should start with the assessment system.