首先来看一张图表。
The IELTS Question Paper Production Process
这就是今天的主题:雅思试卷开发流程。很清楚,从Commissioning of Material for Question Papers直至Live Test Release,该过程主要涉及9大基本环节,而在Pre-editing and Editing of Material以及Pretest Review两个阶段则各存在一次“检定”——通过则继续,否则弃之或推倒重来(Rejection or Revision of Material)。具体而言,雅思考题从无到有这一步步走来经过了哪些波折?接下来朗阁海外考试研究中心就为大家分别做一解读。
Commissioning of Material for Question Papers: 委托编选试题素材
There are one or two commissions each year for each of our item writing teams. These feed material into the question paper production process. To reflect the international nature of IELTS, test material is written by trained groups of item writers in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and the USA and is drawn from publications sourced anywhere in the world. Overall test content is the responsibility of both externally commissioned language testing professionals – the chairs for each of the Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking sub-tests – and of Cambridge ESOL staff.
Item writers work from test specifications. These specifications detail the characteristics of the IELTS sub-tests, outline the requirements for commissions and guide writers in how to approach the item writing process including selecting a...