| Acknowledgements | 第1-6页 |
| Abstract | 第6-7页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第7-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-15页 |
| ·Rationale of the Study | 第11-12页 |
| ·Current Oral Testing in Chinese Universities | 第12页 |
| ·The Urgent Need for Test of Spoken English | 第12-13页 |
| ·The Organization of the Thesis | 第13-15页 |
| Chapter Two Literature Review | 第15-38页 |
| ·Criteria of Oral Tests | 第15-24页 |
| ·Validity | 第15-18页 |
| ·Content Validity | 第16页 |
| ·Face Validity | 第16-17页 |
| ·External Validity | 第17-18页 |
| ·Construct Validity | 第18页 |
| ·Reliability | 第18-22页 |
| ·Factors That Affect the Reliability | 第19-20页 |
| ·The Reliability Coefficient | 第20-21页 |
| ·How to Make Tests More Reliable | 第21页 |
| ·The Relationship between Reliability and Validity | 第21-22页 |
| ·Practicality | 第22-23页 |
| ·Backwash Effects | 第23-24页 |
| ·Types of Oral Tests | 第24-32页 |
| ·Types of Oral Tests | 第24-26页 |
| ·A Comparison between Direct and Semi-direct Oral Tests | 第26-30页 |
| ·Research and Development Involving the Direct and Semi-direct Oral Tests | 第30-32页 |
| ·Research Involving the Direct and Semi-direct Oral Tests | 第30-31页 |
| ·Development of the Semi-direct Oral Test | 第31-32页 |
| ·Scoring | 第32-38页 |
| ·The Marking System | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Rating Scale | 第35-36页 |
| ·The Number of Scorers | 第36-37页 |
| ·The Training of Scorers | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Three An introduction to the COET in Our University | 第38-45页 |
| ·Need of the Test | 第38-39页 |
| ·Test Administration | 第39-40页 |
| ·Component Parts | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Scoring of the COET | 第42-45页 |
| ·The Marking System and the Rating Scale of the COET | 第42-43页 |
| ·The Number and the Training of Raters | 第43-44页 |
| ·Scoring | 第44-45页 |
| Chapter Four Validation Study of the COET in Our University | 第45-67页 |
| ·Subjects and Instruments | 第45-46页 |
| ·Investigating the Validity of the COET | 第46-56页 |
| ·The Face Validity of the COET | 第46-50页 |
| ·Procedure of the Survey | 第46-47页 |
| ·Results of the Survey | 第47-50页 |
| ·The Content Validity of the COET | 第50-53页 |
| ·Analysis of the Test Items | 第50-52页 |
| ·Analysis of the Functions | 第52-53页 |
| ·The Construct Validity of the COET | 第53-54页 |
| ·The Predictive Validity of the COET | 第54-56页 |
| ·Investigate the Reliability of the COET | 第56-59页 |
| ·Test Method Facets of the COET | 第56-57页 |
| ·Scoring of the COET | 第57-59页 |
| ·Scorer Reliability | 第57-59页 |
| ·Cronbach alpha Coefficient | 第59页 |
| ·Distribution of the COET's Raw Scores | 第59-61页 |
| ·Investigate the Practicality of the COET | 第61-62页 |
| ·Investigate the Backwash Effects of the COET | 第62-67页 |
| ·Testing, Teaching and Learning | 第62-63页 |
| ·Analysis of Teachers' Response to Questionnaire | 第63-65页 |
| ·Analysis of Candidates' Response to Questionnaire | 第65-67页 |
| Chapter Five The Comparison between the OPI and the COET | 第67-75页 |
| ·Attitudes towards the OPI and the COET | 第67-71页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第67-68页 |
| ·Results of the Survey | 第68-71页 |
| ·A Comparative Analysis of OPI and COET | 第71-75页 |
| ·Descriptive Analysis | 第71-72页 |
| ·Correlation between the COET and the OPI | 第72-74页 |
| ·Rating Reliability and Consistency | 第74-75页 |
| Chapter Six Conclusions and Recommendations | 第75-79页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第75页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第75-77页 |
| ·Recommendations | 第77-79页 |
| ·About the Scoring of the COET | 第77页 |
| ·About the format of the COET | 第77-78页 |
| ·About the Topic of the COET | 第78-79页 |
| Bibliography | 第79-82页 |
| Appendix 1 Questionnaire to the COET Candidates | 第82-85页 |
| Appendix 2 Questionnaire to the COET Raters | 第85-88页 |
| Appendix 3 Descriptive Analysis of Raw Scores of Both Tests | 第88-89页 |
| Appendix 4 Test Specification of the COET | 第89-91页 |
| Appendix 5 Topics used in the COET Papers | 第91-93页 |
| Appendix 6 Fifty Subjects' Oral Scores Got in January and June | 第93-94页 |
| Appendix 7 Fifty Subjects' Oral Scores~※ by Two Raters | 第94-95页 |
| Appendix 8 Reliability Analysis- Scale (Alpha) | 第95-96页 |
| Appendix 9 Questionnaire to Teachers about the Backwash | 第96-98页 |
| Appendix 10 Questionnaire to Learners about the Backwash | 第98-100页 |
| Appendix 11 Questionnaire about the Attitudes Towards the COET and the OPI | 第100-102页 |
| Appendix 12 Thirty Candidates' Scores in the COET and the OPI | 第102-103页 |
