北京第二外国语学院学报 ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 57-70.DOI: 10.12002/j.bisu.301

• 外语教学研究(语言能力等级量表研究专栏 主持人:金艳) • 上一篇    下一篇

《全球职场英语能力量表》的研制及其启示

孔文1(), 李迪2()   

  1. 1.常州大学,常州 213100
    2.广东外语外贸大学,广州 510006
  • 收稿日期:2019-09-30 出版日期:2020-10-30 发布日期:2020-10-30
  • 作者简介:孔文,常州大学外国语学院教授,硕士生导师,213100,研究方向:语言测试。电子邮箱:kongwen1970@sina.com
    李迪,广东外语外贸大学,510006,研究方向:语言测试。电子邮箱:2436074562@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    教育部人文社会科学研究项目“国际商务英语口语能力等级量表初始模型构建研究”(18YJA740019);第十批中国外语基金项目“全球职场英语能力量表的研制”阶段性成果(ZGWYJYJJ10B022)

The Development and Implications of the Global Scale of English for Professional English

Kong Wen1(), Li Di2()   

  1. 1. Changzhou University, Changzhou 213100, China
    2. Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510006, China
  • Received:2019-09-30 Online:2020-10-30 Published:2020-10-30

摘要:

职场英语指在国际职场环境中讲不同母语的工作人员为满足工作或商务交际需要所使用的英语(①参见Council of Europe,2001。),职场英语能力量表则是对职场英语学习者语言运用能力不同发展阶段典型特征的描述。目前国内外较有影响力的语言能力量表均为通用用途语言能力量表,不能完全适用于特殊用途语言能力的测评。本文以培生教育集团研发的《全球职场英语能力量表》(GSE-PE)为例,介绍了其研发背景和研制原则,重点论述了基于O*NET职场数据库和GSE工作档案库的GSE-PE描述语的研制方法,并阐释了该量表的两大特色,最后分析了GSE-PE量表中存在的问题以及对未来我国职场英语能力量表研制的启示。

关键词: 全球职场英语能力量表; O*NET职场数据库; GSE工作档案库; 语言能力量表; 语言测试; 职场英语

Abstract:

Professional English refers to English used in occupational settings by native speakers of different languages as a common communication medium to meet professional or business needs, whereas the professional English scale is the characteristic profiles of learners’ language performance at different stages in the process of learning professional English. Most influential language scales in the world are designed to assess language ability for general purposes, which are not fully suitable for assessing language ability for specific purposes. The paper uses the Global Scale of English for Professional English (GSE-PE) developed by the Pearson Education Group as an example to introduce the background and principles of developing GSE. And then it focuses on the method for constructing GSE-PE descriptors based on GSE job profiles driven by the O*NET database as well as the two unique features of GSE-PE. Finally, the problems of GSE-PE are analyzed, and the implications for developing language scales for professional English are discussed.

Keywords: Global Scale of English for Professional English (GSE-PE); O*NET database; GSE job profiles; language proficiency scales; language testing; professional English

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