蔡宏文，教授，博士研究生导师，美国洛杉矶加利福尼亚大学应用语言学博士。研究方向：语言测试、语言教育、教育测量。学术论文散见于Language Testing，Language Assessment Quarterly，System，The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics,《现代外语》,《中国教育报》等，主持国家社科基金和教育部科研项目各一项。近年来担任研究生统计学课程和本科生英语视听课程的教学。

Hongwen Cai obtained his Ph.D. in applied linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles. A professor of applied linguistics in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, he has broad interests in language assessment, language education, and educational measurement. Currently he is engaged in studies on diagnostic listening tests and automatic item generation. He has published articles on Language Testing, Language Assessment Quarterly, System, The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics, and Modern Foreign Languages, and presented papers on Language Testing Research Colloquium (LTRC) and Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA) conferences. He has published English listening textbooks in China, and plays an active role in English language teaching and teacher training.

近期和代表性著作 (Recent and representative publications)

• Cai, H., & Min, S. (2025). Listening and grammatical knowledge. In E. Wagner, A. O. Batty, E. Galaczi (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of second language acquisition and listening (pp. 161–173). Routledge.

• Cai, H., & Yu, Q. (2024). The effect of self-perceived learning needs on self-regulated learning and learning outcomes in an EFL listening course. System, 127, Article 103503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2024.103503
  

• Min, S., & Cai, H. (2024). A case for the diagnostic use of the listening test of Aptis for teens advanced: a cognitive diagnostic assessment study. ARAGs Research Reports Online, AR-G/2024/1. https://www.britishcouncil.org/sites/default/files/min_and_cai.pdf

• Cai, H. (2023). Evaluating the story continuation task through text indicators generated from writing samples. Modern Foreign Languages (2): 245–258. 蔡宏文，（2023），以写作样本的文本指标评价读后续写题.《现代外语》第2期：245–258.

• Peng, C., Liu, J., & Cai, H. (2022). Aligning China's Standards of English Language Ability with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 31(6), 667–677. DOI: 10.1007/s40299-021-00617-2

• Min, S., Cai, H., & He, L. (2022). Application of bi-factor MIRT and higher-order CDM models to an in-house EFL listening test for diagnostic purposes. Language Assessment Quarterly, 19(2), 189–213. DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2021.1980571

• Cai, H. (2020). Distinguishing language ability from the context in an EFL speaking test. In: G. J. Ockey & B. A. Green (Eds.), Another generation of fundamental considerations in language assessment: A festschrift in honor of Lyle F. Bachman (pp. 201–219). Singapore: Springer Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-8952-2_12

• Cai, H. (2020). Relating lexical and syntactic knowledge to academic English listening: The importance of construct representation. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:494. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00494

• Cai, H. (2019). Validity issues in linking tests of productive language skills to language standards: Generalizability and consistency. Modern Foreign Languages (5): 709–721. 蔡宏文，（2019），产出型语言考试与语言标准对接的效度问题——概推性与一致性.《现代外语》第5期：709–721.

• Cai, H. (2015). Weight-based classification of raters and rater cognition in an EFL speaking test. Language Assessment Quarterly, 12(3), 262–282. DOI: 10.1080/15434303.2015.1053134
  

• Cai, H. (2013). Partial dictation as a measure of EFL listening proficiency: Evidence from confirmatory factor analysis. Language Testing, 30(2), 177–199. DOI: 10.1177/0265532212456833
  

近期完成项目 (Recent funded research)

• 语言理解的适应性诊断测试研究Adaptive diagnostic testing of language comprehension（国家社会科学基金项目，主持；Funded by The National Social Science Fund of China, PI）