| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第5-9页 |
| CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION | 第9-13页 |
| ·RATIONALE OF THE STUDY | 第9-10页 |
| ·RESEARCH PURPOSE AND QUESTIONS | 第10页 |
| ·SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第10-11页 |
| ·ORGANIZATION OF THE THESIS | 第11-13页 |
| CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW | 第13-31页 |
| ·LISTENING ABILITY | 第13-16页 |
| ·DICTATION | 第16-25页 |
| ·A brief history of dictation | 第16-19页 |
| ·Types of dictation | 第19-20页 |
| ·Empirical studies on dictation test | 第20-23页 |
| ·Compound dictation | 第23-25页 |
| ·TEST METHOD EFFECTS ON TEST-TAKERS’ PERFORMANCE | 第25-26页 |
| ·RETROSPECTION | 第26-28页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第28-31页 |
| CHAPTER THREE METHODOLOGY | 第31-39页 |
| ·SUBJECTS | 第32-34页 |
| ·TEST MATERIAL | 第34页 |
| ·PROCEDURES | 第34-37页 |
| ·DATA ANALYSIS | 第37页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第37-39页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR WHAT IS MEASURED IN COMPOUND DICTATION TEST | 第39-71页 |
| ·CORRELATION OF TEST RESULTS | 第41-42页 |
| ·COMPARISON OF TEST-TAKERS’ ACTUAL PERFORMANCE WITH THE DIRECTIONS OF COMPOUND DICTATION TEST | 第42-47页 |
| ·Neglect of the directions | 第42-46页 |
| ·Problem with the scoring criteria of CD test | 第46-47页 |
| ·LANGUAGE ABILITIES TESTED IN THE COMPOUND DICTATION TEST | 第47-63页 |
| ·Linguistic knowledge | 第47-55页 |
| ·Strategy use | 第55-63页 |
| ·THE MAJOR ABILITY-IRRELEVANT FACTORS AFFECTING THE TEST-TAKING PROCESSES | 第63-69页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第69-71页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT RESPONSE FORMATS OF COMPOUND DICTATION ON FOUR GROUP TEST-TAKERS’ PERFORMANCE | 第71-87页 |
| ·THE OVERALL TEST RESULTS | 第71-74页 |
| ·FOUR GROUP TESTEES’ ACTUAL PERFORMANCE COMPARED WITH THE DIRECTIONS | 第74-79页 |
| ·LANGUAGE ABILITIES TESTED IN FOUR GROUP TESTEES’ COMPOUND DICTATION TESTS | 第79-82页 |
| ·Linguistic knowledge | 第79-80页 |
| ·Strategy use | 第80-82页 |
| ·MAJOR ABILITY-IRRELEVANT FACTORS AFFECTING FOUR GROUP TESTEES’ TEST-TAKING PROCESSES | 第82-84页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第84-87页 |
| CHAPTER SIX CONCLUSIONS | 第87-91页 |
| ·SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS | 第87-88页 |
| ·IMPLICATIONS OF THE STUDY | 第88-90页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY | 第90页 |
| ·RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH | 第90-91页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第91-93页 |
| REFERENCES | 第93-99页 |
| APPENDICES | 第99-120页 |
| APPENDIX I COMPOUND DICTATION TESTS USED IN THE MAIN STUDY | 第99-103页 |
| APPENDIX II TEST-TAKERS’ SCORES IN THE PRETEST AND IN THE MAIN STUDY | 第103-105页 |
| APPENDIX III EXCERPT FROM THE VERBAL PROTOCOLS | 第105-120页 |
| APPENDIX IV PUBLICATIONS | 第120页 |
