| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| Abbreviation | 第7-8页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第8-20页 |
| ·Introduction to the English Education System in Japan | 第8-12页 |
| ·Background | 第8页 |
| ·English Education in Japan | 第8-10页 |
| ·Characteristics of English Education in Japan | 第10-12页 |
| ·Major English Tests in Japan | 第12-18页 |
| ·Introduction to EIKEN in Japan | 第13-18页 |
| ·The Establishment of the EIKEN test | 第13-14页 |
| ·Facts about the Test | 第14-18页 |
| ·Purpose of the Paper | 第18-20页 |
| Chapter 2 Theoretical Considerations on Language Testing | 第20-40页 |
| ·Reliability and Validity | 第20-30页 |
| ·Reliability of Language Testing | 第20-22页 |
| ·Definition of reliability | 第20-21页 |
| ·Methods of Testing Reliability | 第21-22页 |
| ·Validity | 第22-30页 |
| ·Content Validity | 第22-23页 |
| ·Criterion-related Validity | 第23页 |
| ·Construct Validity | 第23-29页 |
| ·Face Validity | 第29-30页 |
| ·The Category of Language Tests | 第30-32页 |
| ·Literature Review of Assessing Vocabulary in a Second Language | 第32-40页 |
| ·Early Developments | 第33-34页 |
| ·Major Contributions | 第34-36页 |
| ·Depth of Word Knowledge | 第36-37页 |
| ·Usual Method of Analysis of Vocabulary Section in Language Testing | 第37-40页 |
| ·Frequency of vocabulary | 第37-38页 |
| ·Method of Vocabulary Analysis | 第38-40页 |
| Chapter 3 EIKEN Test's Reliability and Validity | 第40-55页 |
| ·Data and Subjects | 第40-41页 |
| ·Analysis of EIKEN's Reliability | 第41-44页 |
| ·Results of Analyzing the Reliability of EIKEN | 第44-47页 |
| ·Analysis of Validity both on Content and Construct of EIKEN Test | 第47-52页 |
| ·Scoring of EIKEN test | 第52-55页 |
| Chapter 4 Analysis of the EIKEN Vocabulary Section | 第55-71页 |
| ·Background | 第55页 |
| ·High Frequency and Academic Vocabulary | 第55-57页 |
| ·The EIKEN Vocabulary Test Section | 第57-60页 |
| ·Results of the Analysis | 第60-63页 |
| ·The Multiple-Choice Vocabulary Options | 第60-61页 |
| ·The Multiple-choice Vocabulary Options and their Relationship to the Examinees | 第61-62页 |
| ·A Comparison of the Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Sections | 第62-63页 |
| ·Discussion | 第63-71页 |
| ·Discussion of file Multiple-choice Vocabulary Options | 第63-65页 |
| ·Discussion of the Multiple-choice Vocabulary Options and their Relationship to the Examinees | 第65-68页 |
| ·Comparison of the Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Sections | 第68-71页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusions | 第71-76页 |
| Acknowledgement | 第76-77页 |
| References | 第77-79页 |
| Appendix | 第79页 |
