Discourse Characteristics of Writing and Speaking Task Types on the "TOEFL iBT"® Test: A Lexico-Grammatical Analysis. "TOEFL iBT"® Research Report. TOEFL iBT-19. Research Report. RR-13-04.
Discourse Characteristics of Writing and Speaking Task Types on the "TOEFL iBT"® Test: A Lexico-Grammatical Analysis. "TOEFL iBT"® Research Report. TOEFL iBT-19. Research Report. RR-13-04.
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“TOEFL iBT”® 测试的写作和口语任务类型的话语特征：“TOEFL iBT”® 研究报告。
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Bethany Gray
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D. Biber;Bethany Gray
TOEFL iBT® 考试的主要创新之一是纳入了综合任务，以补充考生应对的独立任务。此外，考生必须以两种模式（演讲和写作）进行演讲。 TOEFL iBT 的有效性论证包括这样的主张：随着考生的学术语言技能变得更加熟练，他们会根据这些考虑因素改变他们的话语（解释推理）。为了提供支持这一理由的证据，我们对不同分数水平的考生针对综合任务与独立任务、口语和书面模式所产生的话语进行了全面的词汇语法描述。
提供了多个语言层面的话语描述，包括词汇概况、搭配模式、扩展词汇束的使用、独特的词汇语法特征以及描述语言变异整体模式的多维（MD）分析。总之，我们对 TOEFL iBT 回答的话语进行了全面的语言分析，解释了观察到的与 TOEFL iBT 环境中相关的三个参数相关的语言变化模式：模式、任务类型和考生的分数水平。
One of the major innovations of the TOEFL iBT® test is the incorporation of integrated tasks complementing the independent tasks to which examinees respond. In addition, examinees must produce discourse in both modes (speech and writing). The validity argument for the TOEFL iBT includes the claim that examinees vary their discourse in accordance with these considerations as they become more proficient in their academic language skills (the explanation inference). To provide evidence in support of this warrant, we undertake a comprehensive lexico-grammatical description of the discourse produced in response to integrated versus independent tasks, across the spoken and written modes, by test takers from different score levels.
Discourse descriptions at several linguistic levels are provided, including vocabulary profiles, collocational patterns, the use of extended lexical bundles, distinctive lexico-grammatical features, and a multidimensional (MD) analysis that describes the overall patterns of linguistic variation. In sum, we undertake a comprehensive linguistic analysis of the discourse of TOEFL iBT responses, interpreting observed linguistic patterns of variation relative to three parameters that are relevant in the TOEFL iBT context: mode, task type, and score level of test takers.