Jin, Yan
Chair of National College English Testing Committee, P.R. China
Professor of School of Foreign Languages,
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tel: +86-21-52583311
Fax: +86-21-62826622
Email: yjin@sjtu.edu.cn
Education and Professional Experience
Professor Jin received her first degree in English for Science
and Technology in 1988 and her MA degree in Applied Linguistics
in 1991 from Shanghai Jiao Tong University ( SJTU ). She then
joined the faculty of the Foreign Languages Department ( now
School of Foreign Languages ) at SJTU and teaches English and
applied linguistics. Professor Jin completed her doctoral research
and received her PhD degree in 1998 at SJTU. Her doctoral study was
based on a four-year research project jointly sponsored by the British Council and the
National College English Testing Committee to develop and validate an advanced level
standardized reading skills test. The research provides ample evidence supporting the
claims of the componentiality of the ability to read in English as a foreign language,
which has important pedagogical and assessment implications. The study won the Shanghai
municipal government's award for Outstanding PhD Research and was documented in the 12th
volume of the Studies in Language Testing Series published by Cambridge University Press
in 2000.
In addition to her teaching and research at SJTU, Professor Jin has also been involved
in the design and development of the College English Test (CET), a standardized EFL test
with an annual testee population of more than 10 million, since 1991 and served on the
National College English Testing Committee (NCETC) since 1996. Members of the Committee
consist of professors of linguistics and applied linguistics who are appointed by the
Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education. Professor Jin was Director of
the Committee's Administration Office from 1999 to 2004, Executive Vice Chair of the
Committee from 2003 to 2004 and was appointed Chair of the Committee in June 2004.
Professor Jin's research focuses on theory and practice of language testing, especially
areas related to large-scale standardized language tests. Her research experience includes
several Sino-British cooperative projects in language testing which were completed in
the 1990s. She also took part in a computerized writing project at the Centre for Research
in Testing, Evaluation and Curriculum, University of Surrey Roehampton, UK, in 2004. Over
the past decade, Professor Jin has published numerous papers and books and frequently
presented at international conferences on topics concerning various aspects of test design
and development.
Research Interests:
- Large scale standardized language testing
- Language test design and development
- Language test validation
Selected Publications:
Publications in English
1. Jin Yan. A Componential Analysis of Chinese Readers' Difficulties in Reading
in English as a Foreign Language. In WORKING PAPERS IN TEFL, Vol. II, 1999,
University of Reading, UK
2. Jin Yan. Chinese students' difficulties in reading English. In Changing
Languages: Language Education in the Era of Transition. Part II (No. 5) Edited
by Linda Y.O. Mak and Merry M.L. Keung. 2000, The Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology Publishing House and Shanghai Jiaotong University
Publishing House
3. Jin Yan. Feedback on the CET Spoken English Test and Its Backwash Effect on
the Teaching of Oral English in China. In English Language Testing in Asia:
Commonalities and Differences. 2000, Hong Kong Examinations Authority
4. Yang Huizhong and Jin Yan. Score Interpretation of CET In English Language
Testing in Asia: Commonalities and Differences. 2000, Hong Kong Examinations
Authority
5. Cyril J. Weir, Yang Huizhong and Jin Yan. An Empirical Investigation of the
Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes. 2000,
Cambridge University Press, UK
6. Guo Jieke and Jin Yan. Development and Preliminary Validation of the CET
Semi-Direct Oral Proficiency Test. Conference proceedings of Second Regional
Conference on College English Teaching - Crosslinks in English Language Teaching.
2001, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Publishing House
7. Guo Jieke and Jin Yan. Research on the Validity of the CET Semi-Direct Oral
Proficiency Test and Its Comparability to the CET-Spoken English Test. Conference
proceedings of Fourth International Conference on English Language Testing in Asia.
2001, College Entrance Examination Centre, Taiwan
8. Jin Yan. The Development and Validation of the Advanced English Reading Test.
2002, Shanghai Jiaotong University
9. Jin Yan and Yang Huizhong. The English Proficiency of College and University
Students in China: As Reflected in the CET. Language, Culture and Curriculum,
Volume 19:1, 2006 Multilingual Matters Ltd., England
Publications in Chinese
10. 金艳，吴江 "内省"法在阅读理解测试研究中的应用 《外语界》1997年第四期
11. 金艳，吴江 以"内省"法检验CET阅读理解测试的效度 《外语界》1998年第二期
12. 金艳，吴江（设计、撰稿） 大学英语口语考试 （CET Spoken English Test Sample Test）
1999，上海外语音像出版社、上海外语教育出版社
13. 金艳 大学英语四、六级考试口语考试对教学的反拨作用 《外语界》2000年第四期
14. 金艳，陈琳丽（设计、撰稿）全国大学英语四、六级考试口语考试考场布置及施考过程 2000，
上海外语音像出版社
15. 杨惠中，金艳 大学英语四、六级考试分数解释 《外语界》2001年第一期
16. 杨瑛，金艳 全新版大学英语快速阅读教材（第二册） 2002， 上海外语教育出版社
17. 金艳，杨瑛 全新版大学英语快速阅读教材（第三、四、五、六册） 2002-2005，
上海外语教育出版社
18. 金艳，郭杰克 大学英语四、六级考试非面试型口语考试效度研究 《外语界》2002年第五期
19. 金艳 完善考试评估体系 促进实用英语教学 《中国高等教育》中国教育报刊社 2002年第11期
20. 金艳 改革中的大学英语四、六级考试 《中国外语》高等教育出版社 2004年第1期
21. 金艳 大学英语四、六级考试改革思路与未来展望《中国大学教学》高等教育出版社 2005年第5期
22. 金艳 最大限度发挥英语四、六级考试的正面导向作用《中国高等教育》中国教育报刊社
2005年第9期
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