English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner

Herausgeber: Cheng, Liying; Curtis, Andy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'This volume addresses a very timely and important topic, and provides both broad and in-depth coverage of a number of large-scale English tests in China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, and about the Chinese learner.' - Lyle F. Bachman, From the Foreword Building on current theoretical and practical frameworks for English language assessment and testing, this book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date, relevant picture of English language assessment for students in China (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and for Chinese learners of English around the world. Written by well-recognized international scholars in language testing, it covers: the history of tests and testing systems, issues and challenges, and current research in China both test-designers' and test-users' points of view on test development and test validation within a range of political, economical, social, and financial contexts in China theoretical/conceptual perspectives on the use of the English language assessment at different levels, including societal, university, and schools empirical research related specifically to test development, curricular innovation, and test validation Given the long history of objective testing and its extensive use in Chinese society, and considering the sheer number of students taking various tests in English in China and elsewhere, an understanding of the impact of English language testing is essential for anyone involved in testing and assessment issues in China and elsewhere in the world. This is a must-read volume for testing and assessment policy makers, curriculum designers, researchers, ESL/EFL materials writers, graduate students, and English language teachers/researchers at all levels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780415504782
• ISBN-10: 0415504783
• Artikelnr.: 35420515

Autorenporträt

Liying Cheng is Associate Professor, and a Director of the Assessment and Evaluation Group, at the Faculty of Education, Queen's University. Andy Curtis is Director of the English Language Teaching Unit at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, where he is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction within the Faculty of Education.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Lyle F. Bachman Preface Acknowledgments The Editors Part I: Setting the Scene 1. The Realities of English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner in China and Beyond
Liying Cheng
Queen's University
Andy Curtis
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2. The History of Examinations: Why
How
What
and Whom to Select? Liying Cheng
Queen's University Part II: Validity and Test Validation: Views from Test Designers 3. The National Education Examinations Authority and its English Language Tests
Qingsi Liu
The National Education Examinations Authority 4. The National College English Testing Committee
Yan Jin
Shanghai Jiaotong University 5. Developments of English Language Assessment in Public Examinations in Hong Kong
Chee-cheong Choi
Christina Lee
both at The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority 6. The Language Training and Testing Center
Taiwan: Past
Present and Future
Antony John Kunnan
California State University
Los Angeles
Jessica R. W. Wu
The Language Training and Testing Center Part III: Test Use and Consequences: Views from Test Users-Test Quality: Theoretical/Conceptual Points of View Test Quality: Theoretical/Conceptual Points of Views 7. From TOEFL pBT to TOEFL iBT: Recent Trends
Research Landscape
and Chinese Learners
David D. Qian
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 8. IELTS: International English Language Testing System
Janna Fox
Carleton University
Andy Curtis
The Chinese University of Hong Kong 9. Chinese Test-takers' Performance and Characteristics on the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery
Xiaomei Song
Queen's University 10. The Public English Testing System
Jianda Liu
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 11. The Graduate School Entrance English Examination
Lianzhen He
Zhejiang University 12. The General English Proficiency Test
Viphavee Vongpumitch
National Tsing Hua University Part IV: Test Use and Consequences: Views from Test Users-Test Quality: Empirical Studies 13. Chinese EFL Learners' Discoursal Performance in the Cambridge ESOL FCE Speaking Test: Culture-Specific or Test-Driven? Yang Lu
University of Nottingham 14. Exploring the Relationship between Chinese University Students' Attitudes towards the College English Test and their Test Performance
Jing Zhao
The Ohio State University
Liying Cheng
Queen's University 15. Chinese EFL Students' Perceptions of the Classroom Assessment Environment and their Goal Orientations
Xiaoying Wang
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Liying Cheng
Queen's University 16. Should Proofreading Go? Examining the Selection Function and Washback of the Proofreading Sub-test in the National Matriculation English Test
Luxia Qi
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 17. The Computerized Oral English Test of the National Matriculation English Test
Yongqiang Zeng
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies 18. The Hong Kong Certificate of Education: School-Based Assessment Reform in Hong Kong English Language Education
Chris Davison
The University of New South Wales
Liz Hamp-Lyons
The University of Hong Kong Part V: The Link between Test Validity and Validation
and Test Use and the Consequences: Conclusion and Beyond 19. The Impact of English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner in China and Beyond
Liying Cheng
Queen's University
Andy Curtis
The Chinese University of Hong Kong List of Contributors Index