Weight Optimization of CET-4 Test sections Based on AHP Method
The reform of CET-4 (College English Test, Band 4) mainly has oriented in weight adjustment of the test sections.This paper introduces an AHP (Analytical Hierarchy Process) method which optimizes the weight of test sections in CET-4 in order to assess students communicative competence.The AHP method begins with a questionnaire administered to English teachers from a university.The returned questionnaires are summarized and analyzed by mathematical approach and statistic software to generate the objective weights.The proposed weight is compared with the former weight in the discussion, and the conclusion is considered as a reference for making decisions in weight adjustment of CET-4.The case indicates that the results by AHP method reflect the college English teachers professional agreement of assessment priority in college English education.
Yueting Xu Han Huang
School of English Education Guangdong University of Foreign Studies Guangzhou, P.R.China School of Software Engineering South China University of Technology Guangzhou P.R.China
国际会议
武汉
英文
251-254
2010-05-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）