| DECLARATION | 第1-4页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第4-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-6页 |
| 摘要 | 第6-7页 |
| CONTENTS | 第7-10页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第10-11页 |
| LIST OF FIGURES | 第11-13页 |
| 1 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| ·Research Orientation | 第13页 |
| ·The Rationale of the Present Study | 第13-16页 |
| ·Problems in writing assessment | 第15-16页 |
| ·Another approach to investigating the test reliability of writing assessment | 第16页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第16-17页 |
| ·Overview of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| 2 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-41页 |
| ·Overview | 第19页 |
| ·The Nature of Writing Process | 第19-24页 |
| ·Writing opposed to speaking | 第19-20页 |
| ·Writing as a social cultural activity | 第20-21页 |
| ·Writing as a cognitive activity | 第21-24页 |
| ·Usefulness of Writing Tests | 第24-26页 |
| ·Problems of Indirect, "One-shot", and Portfolio Writing Assessments | 第26-30页 |
| ·A brief history of writing assessment | 第26-27页 |
| ·Problems with indirect writing tests | 第27-28页 |
| ·Problems with timed impromptu essay tests | 第28-29页 |
| ·Problems with portfolio writing tests | 第29-30页 |
| ·Integrating Reading into Writing Assessment | 第30-33页 |
| ·Two Writing Tests Employed in this Research | 第33-35页 |
| ·Timed impromptu essay test | 第33-34页 |
| ·Reading-integrated writing test | 第34-35页 |
| ·Many-Faceted Rasch Model | 第35-39页 |
| ·Item response theory | 第35-37页 |
| ·Many-Faceted Rasch model | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary | 第39-41页 |
| 3 CHAPTER THREE METHOD | 第41-48页 |
| ·Overview | 第41页 |
| ·Research Questions and Hypotheses | 第41-42页 |
| ·Research Design | 第42-46页 |
| ·Variables under investigation and their operational definition | 第42页 |
| ·The design | 第42-43页 |
| ·Participants | 第43-44页 |
| ·Raters | 第44页 |
| ·Instruments | 第44-46页 |
| ·Procedures | 第46页 |
| ·Analytical Method | 第46-47页 |
| ·Summary | 第47-48页 |
| 4 CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS | 第48-65页 |
| ·Overview | 第48页 |
| ·Result of Independent-Sample t-Test for Two Groups | 第48页 |
| ·The Internal Consistency of the Two Tests | 第48-49页 |
| ·Results of Correlations for Two Raters | 第49-50页 |
| ·Results of ANOVA Analyses for Two Groups | 第50-52页 |
| ·Many-facet Rasch Analysis of Two Tests | 第52-64页 |
| ·Raters | 第56-58页 |
| ·Domains | 第58-60页 |
| ·Participants | 第60-61页 |
| ·Rating scale | 第61-64页 |
| ·Summary | 第64-65页 |
| 5 CHAPTER FIVE DISCUSSION | 第65-72页 |
| ·Overview | 第65页 |
| ·The Reliability of the Two Tests | 第65-67页 |
| ·The First Question of the Study | 第67-69页 |
| ·The Second Question of the Study | 第69页 |
| ·The Last Question of the Study | 第69-71页 |
| ·Summary | 第71-72页 |
| 6 CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第72-75页 |
| ·Major Findings | 第72-73页 |
| ·Implications, Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study | 第73-75页 |
| REFERENCES | 第75-85页 |
| APPENDICES | 第85-91页 |
