| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第1-8页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第8-11页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第11-13页 |
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | 第13-17页 |
| LIST OF TABLES | 第17-18页 |
| Chapter One INTRODUCTION | 第18-24页 |
| ·Background of the Study | 第18-20页 |
| ·Purpose of the Study | 第20-21页 |
| ·Research Methods of the Study | 第21-22页 |
| ·Structure of the Study | 第22-24页 |
| Chapter Two THEORIES AND LITERATURE REVIEW | 第24-38页 |
| ·Review of Language Testing | 第24-28页 |
| ·Pre-scientific stage | 第25页 |
| ·Psychometric-structural stage | 第25-26页 |
| ·Psycholinguistic-socialinguistic stage | 第26-27页 |
| ·Communicative pragmatic stage | 第27-28页 |
| ·Communicative Language Testing | 第28-32页 |
| ·Concept of communicative language testing | 第28-30页 |
| ·Communicative Language Competence | 第30-32页 |
| ·Hymes' notion of communicative language competence | 第30-31页 |
| ·Canale and Swain's notion of communicative competence | 第31页 |
| ·Bachman's view on communicative language competence | 第31-32页 |
| ·Task-based Language Testing | 第32-34页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity Study of Language Testing Abroad | 第34-35页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity Study of Language Testing at Home | 第35-37页 |
| ·Comments on the Literature Review | 第37-38页 |
| Chapter Three RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY | 第38-42页 |
| ·Research Questions | 第38页 |
| ·Research Subjects | 第38页 |
| ·Research Instruments | 第38-40页 |
| ·Questionnaires | 第39页 |
| ·Test specifications | 第39-40页 |
| ·Test papers | 第40页 |
| ·Data Collection | 第40页 |
| ·Data Analysis | 第40-42页 |
| Chapter Four RELIABILITY STUDY OF TC-SET | 第42-62页 |
| ·Task-based Communicative Language Testing(TCLT) | 第42-46页 |
| ·Advantages and disadvantages of communicative testing | 第42-43页 |
| ·Advantages and disadvantages of task-based testing | 第43-44页 |
| ·Relationship of communicative and task-based testing | 第44-45页 |
| ·Definition of TCLT | 第45-46页 |
| ·Features of TCLT | 第46页 |
| ·Purposes for TCLT | 第46页 |
| ·Introduction of Task-based Communicative Spoken English Test(TC-SET) | 第46-49页 |
| ·Test format of TC-SET | 第47-48页 |
| ·Language functions of TC-SET | 第48-49页 |
| ·Assessment criteria of TC-SET | 第49页 |
| ·Selecting and training of examiners of TC-SET | 第49页 |
| ·Reliability | 第49-55页 |
| ·Factors that affect the reliability | 第49-52页 |
| ·Length of test | 第50-51页 |
| ·Difficulty of test | 第51页 |
| ·The administration of the test | 第51-52页 |
| ·Testees' personal factors | 第52页 |
| ·Scoring the test(or scoring method) | 第52页 |
| ·Methods of estimating reliability | 第52-54页 |
| ·The coefficient of reliability | 第54-55页 |
| ·Reliability Study of TC-SET | 第55-62页 |
| ·Factors that affect the reliability of TC-SET | 第55-57页 |
| ·Length of TC-SET | 第55-56页 |
| ·Difficulty of TC-SET | 第56页 |
| ·The administration of TC-SET | 第56-57页 |
| ·Scoring of TC-SET | 第57页 |
| ·Estimate reliability of TC-SET | 第57-62页 |
| ·External reliability estimate of TC-SET | 第57-59页 |
| ·Internal reliability estimate of TC-SET | 第59-62页 |
| Chapter Five VALIDITY STUDY OF TC-SET | 第62-79页 |
| ·Definition of Validity | 第62-64页 |
| ·Types of Validity | 第64-66页 |
| ·Face validity | 第64-65页 |
| ·Content validity | 第65页 |
| ·Construct validity | 第65-66页 |
| ·External validity | 第66页 |
| ·Validation Study of TC-SET | 第66-79页 |
| ·Construct validity of TC-SET | 第67-70页 |
| ·Content validity | 第70-73页 |
| ·Analysis of the test items | 第70-72页 |
| ·Analysis of the functions | 第72-73页 |
| ·Face validity | 第73-76页 |
| ·Predictive validity | 第76-79页 |
| Chapter Six CONCLUSION | 第79-84页 |
| ·Conclusions | 第79-81页 |
| ·Implications | 第81-82页 |
| ·Limitations of the Study | 第82页 |
| ·Recommendations for the Future Study | 第82-84页 |
| REFERENCES | 第84-91页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅰ Task-based Communicative Oral Test(January,2007) | 第91-93页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅱ Task-based Communicative Oral Test(June,2007) | 第93-95页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅲ Ten Topics of TC-SET | 第95-96页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅳ Assessment criteria of TC-SET | 第96-99页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅴ Questionnaire to TC-SET Candidates | 第99-102页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅵ Questionnaire to TC-SET Raters | 第102-105页 |
| APPENDIX Ⅶ 攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文 | 第105页 |
