| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第5-6页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第6-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-13页 |
| CHAPTER ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION | 第13-19页 |
| 1.1 Research Orientation | 第13-14页 |
| 1.2 Research Background | 第14-16页 |
| 1.3 Significance of the Study | 第16-17页 |
| 1.4 Research Questions | 第17页 |
| 1.5 Structure of the Thesis | 第17-19页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第19-37页 |
| 2.1 Factors Affecting the Result of a Performance Test | 第20-23页 |
| 2.2 Rater Professional Background as Sources of Idiosyncrasies in Rating | 第23-30页 |
| 2.3 Rating Consistency and Rater Severity | 第30-32页 |
| 2.4 Rater Comments as Indirect Evidence into Raters’ Rating Process | 第32-34页 |
| 2.5 Summary | 第34-37页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第37-45页 |
| 3.1 Raters | 第37页 |
| 3.2 Material | 第37-40页 |
| 3.2.1 the Rating Material | 第38-39页 |
| 3.2.2 the Rating Criteria | 第39页 |
| 3.2.3 the Rating Sheet and the Comment Sheet | 第39-40页 |
| 3.3 Procedure | 第40-45页 |
| 3.3.1 the Pilot Study | 第40页 |
| 3.3.2 Data Collection | 第40-41页 |
| 3.3.3 Data Analysis | 第41-45页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR RESULTS AND ANALYSIS | 第45-67页 |
| 4.1 Quantitative Results | 第45-54页 |
| 4.1.1 Rater Reliability and Correlation Analysis | 第45-47页 |
| 4.1.2 Descriptive Statistics | 第47-48页 |
| 4.1.3 All Facets Summary | 第48-50页 |
| 4.1.4 Results Comparing Internal Consistency between Groups | 第50-52页 |
| 4.1.5 Results Comparing Severity between Groups | 第52-53页 |
| 4.1.6 Summary of the Quantitative Results | 第53-54页 |
| 4.2 Qualitative Results | 第54-67页 |
| 4.2.1 Results of Written Comments on IPs | 第55-59页 |
| 4.2.2 Results of Written Comments on Holistic Scoring | 第59-66页 |
| 4.2.3 Summary of the Qualitative Results | 第66-67页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION | 第67-73页 |
| 5.1 Research Question 1 | 第67-68页 |
| 5.2 Research Question 2 | 第68-69页 |
| 5.3 Research Question 3 | 第69-71页 |
| 5.4 Summary of the Findings | 第71-73页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSION | 第73-77页 |
| 6.1 Major Findings | 第73-74页 |
| 6.2 Implications of the Study | 第74-75页 |
| 6.3 Limitations and Recommendations for Future Study | 第75-77页 |
| REFERENCES | 第77-81页 |
| APPENDICES | 第81-85页 |
| Appendix A | 第81-83页 |
| Appendix B | 第83-84页 |
| Appendix C | 第84-85页 |
| Appendix D | 第85页 |
