正如College Board所說(shuō),機(jī)考實(shí)現(xiàn)了“easier to take, easier to give, more secure, and more relevant”。簡(jiǎn)而言之,就是考試流程實(shí)現(xiàn)了簡(jiǎn)化,但是考試的效力以及挑戰(zhàn)依舊。通過(guò)詳細(xì)分析CB發(fā)布的191頁(yè)的Assessment Framework for the Digital SAT Suite以及官方的直播內(nèi)容,本文將從考試形式和考試內(nèi)容兩個(gè)方面幫助大家更清晰地了解SAT機(jī)考,并做好迎接機(jī)考的相關(guān)準(zhǔn)備。
The digital SAT Suite assessments have been designed and developed such that each student is administered a highly comparable but unique version of the test. This innovation greatly diminishes any value in students copying from their test- taking neighbors or scouring the internet for leaked test forms.
Test security is greatly enhanced when these smaller units can be mixed and matched across test forms and administrations to yield highly comparable but nonetheless unique test forms.
CB的說(shuō)明中一直在強(qiáng)調(diào),不論是機(jī)考還是紙筆考試,它們檢測(cè)的始終都是acquisition of critical college and career readiness prerequisites in reading and writing and math.
此外,雖然每道題的答題時(shí)間跟之前相比有所增加(1.19 min / question),但由于一個(gè)短篇章對(duì)應(yīng)一個(gè)考題,考生每回答一個(gè)問(wèn)題,就要調(diào)整思路去再次閱讀一個(gè)新文章,而且是不同的話題。RW一共54道題,也就意味著要讀54個(gè)相互之間沒(méi)有關(guān)聯(lián)的小段落,其對(duì)考生閱讀能力以及專注力的要求可見(jiàn)并不低。
RW文法和閱讀合并
紙筆考試中文法題writing and language test和閱讀reading test是分開(kāi)的,現(xiàn)在合并在一起,其實(shí)影響并不大。因?yàn)橹暗奈姆ú糠值目疾煲彩且云聻閱挝?,在某種程度上其實(shí)也是閱讀考試,而且機(jī)考后的題目都是獨(dú)立出題,也就是說(shuō)一個(gè)篇章對(duì)應(yīng)一道題,所以答題時(shí)看清楚題目要求即可。
RW文章涉及的話題
原來(lái)的文本主題主要包含:U.S. & World Literature, History / Social Studies, Science.
這次的官方說(shuō)明中文章的話題領(lǐng)域增加改為:Literature, History / Social Studies, the Humanities, Science.
“Students do not need subject-specific topical knowledge to answer Reading and Writing questions; …. students with greater experience in and facility with these disciplines and how they structure and communicate knowledge textually are likely, on average, to perform better than those who lack that exposure.”
1. Craft and Structure(占比約28%,13-15questions) 包含語(yǔ)境詞匯的考察,文本修辭分析,比如作者的寫作目的,以及多文本關(guān)聯(lián)的分析。例題如下:
2. Information and Ideas(占比約26%,12-14 questions)包含對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)信息的理解,推斷,邏輯分析以及圖表和文本的循證。例題如下:
3. Expression of Ideas(占比約20%,8-12 questions)類似于之前文法考試中的文意表達(dá)類的題目,主要涉及分析上下文的邏輯連接,利用選項(xiàng)中的信息滿足文本要達(dá)到的目的。例題如下:
4. Standard English conventions(占比約26%,11-15 questions)主要考察基礎(chǔ)的語(yǔ)法,這一點(diǎn)跟之前的Writing and Language Test考察形式一致。例題如下:
03、備考資源及建議
官方練習(xí)資源
1. Digital Test Preview 熟悉考試界面以及操作流程
2. Official full-length practice test forms完整套題(2023年春季發(fā)布)
3. Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy(2022年秋季更新)
由于官方的資源最快也要等到今年秋季,如果想要提前準(zhǔn)備,大家可以借助紙筆SAT的考題,著重先了解Writing and Language Test,鞏固好基礎(chǔ)的語(yǔ)法。然后再對(duì)Reading部分的文章進(jìn)行結(jié)構(gòu)和邏輯的分析,加強(qiáng)長(zhǎng)句理解的精 準(zhǔn)度,有備無(wú)患。