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 Prof. Shuling Gao School of Foreign Languages , Northwest University, China |
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| 标题： Ethics of language testing from the perspective of validity | |
| 摘要： The ethics of language testing is the main problem and one of the difficulties in the field of language testing in the 21st century. Ethics refers to order and criterion among people, people and society, country and their behavior. Any group behavior or professional one which have impact on society has its own built-in ethical exception. Since Messick expanded the concept of validity, ethical issues have become the frontier of this field a little further. With the development of language testing, language testers become more and more concerned with the study of ethics. In 2000, the International Language Testing Association published the Code of Ethics in which ethics is embodied in every principle. Then according to the specific implementation of Code of Ethics, it published Draft Code of Practice in 2007 which serves as the guidelines for practice, specifying the responsibilities and obligations of both language testers and examinees. The ethical issues, in its essence, belong to the category of the validity. This paper, taking the initial stage of China’s basic study condition of ethics whether it is about theory or practice into consideration, using the methods of literature research, descriptive method, qualitative analysis, employing the validity as its theoretical basis, discusses the ethical problems through each part of the test, specifically, the production of test, the preparation and implementation of examination, the organization of grading and scoring, the analysis of the results and the feedback and summary; based on Code of Ethics and Draft Code of Practice, it also summarizes the causes of ethical issues and puts forward the countermeasures. Finally, it proposes some suggestions. Key words: validity; language testing; ethics. | |
| 简介：
Gao Shuling is a professor at the School of Foreign Languages , Northwest University,Xi’an China. She holds a Ph.D. and has been a visiting scholar in the English Department at CSU in the United States. She is a supervisor for master's students in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics as well as Translation and Interpretation (MTI) programs. She also supervises Ph.D. and master's students in Sino-Korean joint programs. Her research interests include linguistics, testing theory and practice, teacher education, translation theory and criticism, and the Sinicization of Marxism.
In terms of research accomplishments, she has authored or co-authored a monograph, served as editor or co-editor for over 20 textbooks and teaching aids, led or participated in over 30 teaching and research projects at various levels, and published more than 40 academic papers. She has received numerous awards, including the National English Electronic Courseware Award, Second Prize in the "Teaching Star" National English Professional Group and University English Group competition, First Prize in Higher Education Teaching and Outstanding Teaching Achievements in Shaanxi Province, Teaching Quality Award at Northwest University, and Outstanding Teaching Achievements Award at Northwest University, among others.
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