| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-8页 |
| CONTENTS IN ENGLISH | 第8-10页 |
| CONTENTS IN CHINESE | 第10-12页 |
| LIST OF FIGURE | 第12-13页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第13-14页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第14-17页 |
| ·Rationale | 第14-15页 |
| ·Purpose of the study | 第15-16页 |
| ·Outline of the paper | 第16-17页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERRATURE REVIEW | 第17-48页 |
| ·Relationship between authenticity and other qualities of test usefulness | 第17-22页 |
| ·Authenticity and reliability | 第17-18页 |
| ·Authenticity and validity | 第18-19页 |
| ·Authenticity and interactiveness | 第19-20页 |
| ·Authenticity and impact | 第20-21页 |
| ·Authenticity.and practicality | 第21-22页 |
| ·Theoretical evolution of authenticity in language testing | 第22-34页 |
| ·Early debate | 第22-24页 |
| ·Conceptualization of authenticity | 第24-28页 |
| ·"Real-life" definition of authenticity | 第24-26页 |
| ·Interactional/ability definition of authenticity | 第26-28页 |
| ·Framing of authenticity | 第28-33页 |
| ·Step forward | 第33-34页 |
| ·Authenticity of interaction between participants | 第33-34页 |
| ·Authenticity of assessment criteria and the wav in which they are applied | 第34页 |
| ·Context of L2 writing test | 第34-44页 |
| ·The nature of extended writing | 第35-38页 |
| ·Major issues and concerns in writing test | 第38-44页 |
| ·Rater inconsistency/reliability | 第39-41页 |
| ·Rating scale/method | 第41-44页 |
| ·Holistic rating scale | 第41-42页 |
| ·Analytic rating scale | 第42-43页 |
| ·Trait-based | 第43-44页 |
| ·Authenticity of rating process of writing test | 第44-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-48页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第48-54页 |
| ·Overview of the present study | 第48页 |
| ·Writing samples | 第48-49页 |
| ·Research questions | 第49页 |
| ·Subjects | 第49-50页 |
| ·Data collection and coding | 第50-52页 |
| ·Procedure of analysis | 第52-54页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND DISCUSSION | 第54-64页 |
| ·Empirical basis for classification of the two groups of raters | 第54-55页 |
| ·Reliability | 第55-56页 |
| ·Analyses of scores | 第56-59页 |
| ·Descriptive statistics of test scores | 第56-57页 |
| ·Comparison of whole scores | 第57页 |
| ·Comparison of two sets of scores of high-score and low-score group | 第57-59页 |
| ·Comparison of qualitative judgments:self- reported importance of raters' comments | 第59-64页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSION | 第64-68页 |
| ·Summary of the major findings | 第64-65页 |
| ·Implications of the present study | 第65-66页 |
| ·Limitation of the present study | 第66-67页 |
| ·Suggestion for future research | 第67-68页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第68-80页 |
| APPENDICES | 第80-84页 |
| Appendix 1 Writing sample | 第80-81页 |
| Appendix 2 Questionnaire of evaluation of students' writing | 第81-82页 |
| Appendix 3 Coding scheme | 第82-84页 |
| 研究生在读期间取得研究成果 | 第84-86页 |
| 个人简况 | 第86页 |