Frontiers in Educational Research, 2024, 7(3); doi: 10.25236/FER.2024.070305.
Yonglin Chen
School of Foreign Language, Dehong Teachers’ College, Dehong, China
The focus of the college English test is gradually shifting towards testing students’ comprehensive language proficiency. The question type setting of the college English entrance examination focuses on the extraction, processing, and processing of language information, which requires candidates to have a certain grasp of the contextual understanding in the exam materials. This article starts with the examination scope of several major question types such as listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and cloze test in the college entrance examination, aiming to discuss the importance of understanding discourse context in high school English preparation.
English for the College Entrance Examination, English Test, Contextual Understanding
Yonglin Chen. A Study on the Test of English Contextual Understanding in the College Entrance Examination. Frontiers in Educational Research (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 3: 26-33. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2024.070305.
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