| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| Chapter I Introduction | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter II Literature Review | 第9-32页 |
| ·Assessing Listening | 第9-14页 |
| ·What is Unique to Listening | 第9-13页 |
| ·The Important Characteristics of Spoken Texts | 第10-12页 |
| ·The Differences between First- and Second-language Listening | 第12-13页 |
| ·Approaches to Assessing Listening | 第13-14页 |
| ·The Discrete-point Approach | 第13页 |
| ·Integrative Testing | 第13页 |
| ·Communicative Testing | 第13-14页 |
| ·Dictation Test | 第14-18页 |
| ·Types of Dictation | 第14-16页 |
| ·Procedure of Designing Dictation Tests | 第16-17页 |
| ·Scoring of Dictation Tests | 第17-18页 |
| ·Additional Considerations in Dictation Testing | 第18页 |
| ·Development in Computerized Assessment | 第18-24页 |
| ·Innovations in Task Presentation | 第20-22页 |
| ·Innovations in Scoring Complex Constructed-Responses | 第22-23页 |
| ·Focus of Interest and Concern in the Study of CAS Systems | 第23-24页 |
| ·Review of Current Practice of Computer-Automated Scoring (CAS) Systems | 第24-29页 |
| ·Studies on Listening Tests in China | 第29-31页 |
| ·Summary | 第31-32页 |
| Chapter III Comparative Studies | 第32-44页 |
| ·Introduction | 第32页 |
| ·Hypotheses | 第32页 |
| ·Motivation for Choosing a Full-text Dictation Test | 第32-33页 |
| ·The Method | 第33-38页 |
| ·Subjects | 第33页 |
| ·Structure of the Experimental Test | 第33-34页 |
| ·Scoring Specification | 第34-38页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第38-39页 |
| ·Computer-Automated Scoring System | 第39-43页 |
| ·Input System | 第39-40页 |
| ·System Input Interface | 第40-43页 |
| ·Summary | 第43-44页 |
| Chapter IV Data Analysis | 第44-53页 |
| ·Human Scoring | 第44-45页 |
| ·Scores from Computer-automated Scoring System | 第45-48页 |
| ·Relationship between test score and external measures | 第48页 |
| ·Comparative Study between Full-text Dictation Test and Multiple-choice Question Test and Compound Dictation Test | 第48-49页 |
| ·Alpha Model Test and Concurrent Validity Study | 第49-51页 |
| ·Cross-examination of Scoring Rules | 第51-52页 |
| ·Summary | 第52-53页 |
| Chapter V Conclusion | 第53-55页 |
| ·Summary of the study | 第53页 |
| ·Application of the present study | 第53-54页 |
| ·Limitations of the Present Study and Suggestions for Further Study | 第54-55页 |
| Bibliography | 第55-61页 |
| Appendix I Questionnaire | 第61-63页 |
| Appendix II Experimental Test Part I | 第63-66页 |
| Appendix III Experimental Test Part II | 第66-67页 |
| Appendix IV Full-text Dictation Test Scores | 第67-70页 |
