眼动技术能够真实地记录语言加工活动中即时的眼球运动,将眼动技术应用于语言测试研究,有助于以实验心理学的研究方法为语言测试认知过程提供客观可靠的数据。本文简要介绍了近年国外语言测试研究中眼动技术的应用,相关研究主要关注:考生在测试环境和真实语境中认知过程的相似性,得分考生和失分考生认知过程的差异,特定题型所引发的认知过程,任务模态对考生认知过程的影响以及评分员的认知过程。在此基础上作者从多角度分析了相关研究存在的不足,以期为国内学者从事相关研究提供一定参考。
Eye-tracking technology allows for authentic recordings of participants’ online eye movements. Applying eye-tracking technology into language assessment research will help to provide an ob-jective and reliable data source for studies on cognitive processes by means of experimental psy-chology. This paper offers a brief introduction of the status quo of language assessment research with the use of eye-tracking which mainly focuses on: the similarity of test takers’ cognitive pro-cesses engaged in language testing context and real-life domain, the differences on cognitive pro-cesses of successful and unsuccessful test takers, cognitive processes elicited by particular test format, the influence of test modality on test takers’ cognitive processes and raters’ cognitive pro-cesses. In light of these studies, this paper pinpoints existing limitations from multiple perspectives and intends to provide valuable implications for researchers who are interested in related studies.
眼动技术,认知过程,语言测试研究,应用现状,展望, Eye-Tracking Cognitive Processes Language Assessment Research Status Quo Prospects摘要
Eye-tracking technology allows for authentic recordings of participants’ online eye movements. Applying eye-tracking technology into language assessment research will help to provide an objective and reliable data source for studies on cognitive processes by means of experimental psychology. This paper offers a brief introduction of the status quo of language assessment research with the use of eye-tracking which mainly focuses on: the similarity of test takers’ cognitive processes engaged in language testing context and real-life domain, the differences on cognitive processes of successful and unsuccessful test takers, cognitive processes elicited by particular test format, the influence of test modality on test takers’ cognitive processes and raters’ cognitive processes. In light of these studies, this paper pinpoints existing limitations from multiple perspectives and intends to provide valuable implications for researchers who are interested in related studies.
Keywords:Eye-Tracking, Cognitive Processes, Language Assessment Research, Status Quo, Prospects
许皖栋,辜向东. 眼动技术在语言测试研究中的应用现状和展望Applying Eye-Tracking Technology into Language Assessment Research: Status Quo and Prospects[J]. 国外英语考试教学与研究, 2020, 02(04): 175-183. https://doi.org/10.12677/OETPR.2020.24017
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