认知诊断是在现代认知心理学和心理测量学､现代统计数学以及计算机科学基础上发展起来的 一种新的诊断技术。它能够科学地描述测试中所包含的认知属性,准确地诊断学习者的语言技能结构,促进 个性化的语言教学,因而在英语教育领域,尤其是英语阅读测试中得到了广泛应用,并引起了国内外学者的关注。本文从认知诊断研究的发展、理论基础、在英语阅读测试中的应用、现有研究的难点和不足等方面对认知诊断进行了综述,以期促进认知诊断在英语教学中的应用。

Cognitive diagnosis is a new diagnosis technology developed on the basis of modern cognitive psychology and psychometrics, modern statistical mathematics and computer science. It has been widely used in the field of English education, especially in English reading tests, because it can scientifically describe the cognitive attributes contained in the tests, accurately diagnose the language skill structure of learners, and promote personalized language teaching. It has attracted extensive attention from scholars at home and abroad. This paper reviews cognitive diagnosis from the aspects of its development, theoretical basis, application in English reading tests, difficulties and deficiencies, hoping to promote the application of cognitive diagnosis in English teaching.