摘要
口译学能测试作为高等院校口译专业选拔生源的重要手段,其预测效度直接影响生源选拔结果和教学培训质量。本研究以我国高等院校口译专业硕士学生作为受试者,对其展开包括逻辑记忆测试、语言焦虑量表测试和成就动机测试的系列口译学能测试,探索其预测效度。研究发现,逻辑记忆测试对于受试者的英汉和汉英交传表现具备显著预测效度,对后者的预测能力更强;受试者的语言焦虑量表测试结果与其成就动机水平均无法预测两个方向的交替传译表现。基于研究结果,本研究建议口译院校在招生选拔环节重视复述测试的作用,同时审慎对待语言焦虑或成就动机等心理性格因素的考察。
Interpreting aptitude test serves as an important instrument for interpreting programs housed in institutes of higher learning to screen and select potential candidates.Their predictive validity has a direct bearing on the result of candidate admission and the quality of subsequent training.This study invites Chinese interpreting trainees at the post-graduate level to participate in an interpreting aptitude test battery composed of the Logical Memory Test,the Language Anxiety Scale and the Achievement Motivation Test in order to explore the tests’predictive validity.Results indicate that the Logical Memory Test enjoyed significant predictive validity for both English-Chinese(E-C)and Chinese-English(C-E)consecutive interpreting(CI)tests,with its predictive power being stronger for the latter than the former.However,neither the language anxiety scale nor the achievement motivation test demonstrated any significant predictive power for E-C or C-E CI performance.The study thus suggests that interpreting programs prioritize the use of recall in candidate admission and take caution in considering learners’psychological and affective dispositions,including language anxiety and achievement motivation.
作者
张威
刘宇波
ZHANG Wei;LIU Yubo
出处
《外语与外语教学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2023年第2期81-92,146,共13页
Foreign Languages and Their Teaching
基金
国家社科基金重点项目“大型中英连线口译语料库共享平台的创建与应用研究”(项目编号:18AYY013)
北京市社科基金项目“多语双向跨模态翻译语料库的研制与应用”(项目编号:19YYB011)的阶段性研究成果
关键词
口译学能测试
逻辑记忆测试
语言焦虑
成就动机
interpreting aptitude testing
logical memory test
language anxiety scale
achievement motivation test
作者简介
张威,教授,博士,研究方向:翻译理论与实践;通信作者:刘宇波,副教授,博士,研究方向:口译教学与研究。邮箱:liuyubobfsu@163.com
