随着我国英语教学水平的不断提升和国际交流的日益频繁,对学生英语口语交际能力的要求也逐年提高。口语测试也正在英语口语学习和教学中发挥着重要的反馈作用。但传统的口语测试却存在诸多不足。为此,江苏海事职业技术学院外语系大学英语教研室的教师进行了探索改革,对该院2010级734位学生实行口语分层机考。一、分层考核的理论依据20世纪90年代,美国应用语言学家巴克曼 With the continuous improvement of English teaching in our country and the increasing frequency of international exchanges, the demand for students’ oral English communication ability also increases year by year. Oral English tests are also playing an important role in English oral English learning and teaching. However, there are many shortcomings in the traditional spoken language testing. To this end, Jiangsu Maritime Polytechnic Foreign Language Department of College English Teaching and Research conducted a probe reform, the school 2010 graduate 734 students stratified machine test. First, the theoretical basis of stratified assessment In the 1990s, the US applied linguist Buckman