2019~2023年重庆市中考英语书面表达试题历时研究
Diachronic Study on English Written Expression Test Questions in Chongqing Municipality Junior High School Entrance Examination during 2019~2023

书面表达题作为初中英语学业水平考试中的一个重要组成部分，其核心目的在于直观地评估学生的语言输出能力。旨在测试学生能否利用已掌握的词汇、句子、语法规则和语篇结构等知识和技能来清晰表达自己的观点、思想和情感，并通过书面形式进行沟通的能力。本研究针对2019至2023年重庆市中考英语的十道书面表达试题进行了内容、信息和设计三个维度的历时性分析。研究结果显示：1) 试题题材主要包括人与自我、人与社会两个方面，缺失人与自然的板块；2) 试题提示语清晰明确，信息呈现方式逐渐从文字型 + 提纲型向图画型转变，参考信息开始转向使用目的语，但信息提示量过多，且体裁缺乏议论文；3) 试题真实性和开放性逐年提升，交际性则还有待加强。笔者基于这些发现提出了一些命题改进建议，以期为未来的命题提供一定的参考，促使试题更加科学、合理，达到切实提高学生实践语言运用能力与跨文化交际意识的目的，促进我国英语人才向多元化、实用化发展。
The written expression task, as an important integral part of the junior high school English academic proficiency test, primarily aims to intuitively assess students’ language output abilities. It tests whether students can utilize their acquired knowledge and skills in vocabulary, sentences, grammar rules, and discourse structure to clearly express their opinions, thoughts, and emotions through written communication. This study conducts a diachronic analysis of ten written expression questions from the 2019 to 2023 Chongqing Municipal Junior High School English Entrance Examination across three dimensions: content, information, and design. The findings reveal that: 1) The themes of the questions mainly encompass human-self and human-society aspects, with a noticeable absence of the human-nature segment; 2) The prompts are clear and precise, with the mode of information presentation gradually shifting from text + outline to pictorial forms. The reference information increasingly incorporates the target language, yet the volume of prompt information is excessive, and there is a lack of argumentative genres; 3) The authenticity and openness of the questions have progressively improved year by year, although their communicative aspect still requires enhancement. Based on these findings, the author proposes some suggestions for improving the proposition in order to provide a reference for future propositions and make the test questions more scientific and reasonable. The aim is to effectively enhance students’ practical language application ability and cross-cultural communication awareness and promote the diversified and practical development of English talents in China.