English Language Proficiency Testing in Asia (eBook, ePUB)

A New Paradigm Bridging Global and Local Contexts
Redaktion: Su, Lily I-Wen; Wu, Jessica R. W.; Weir, Cyril J.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Offering much-needed context on locally-produced tests across Asia, contributors examine emerging models for English language assessment and the impact these large-scale tests have on the teaching and learning of English in the region.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351254007
• Artikelnr.: 58273656

Autorenporträt

Lily I-Wen Su is a distinguished professor of the Graduate Institute of Linguistics at National Taiwan University and Executive Director of the LTTC, a non-profit educational foundation in Taiwan. Cyril J. Weir (1950-2018) was Professor and Powdrill Chair in English Language Acquisition in CRELLA at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Reading, UK. Jessica R. W. Wu holds a PhD in Language Testing and is the R&D Program Director at the LTTC.

Inhaltsangabe

Editor's Note
Lily I-Wen Su
Foreword: Localization
Barry O'Sullivan
List of Contributors
1 Introduction
Jessica R. W. Wu
2 The General English Proficiency Test in Taiwan: Past, Present, and Future
Rachel Yi-fen Wu
3 TEPS and Its Family of Tests
Yong-Won Lee, Heesung Jun, and Ja Young Kim
4 Vietnamese Standardized Test of English Proficiency-A Panorama
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quynh
5 Testing Tertiary-Level English Language Learners: The College English
Test in China
Jin Yan
6 EIKEN and TEAP: How Two Test Systems in Japan Have Responded to Different
Local Needs in the Same Context
Jamie Dunlea, Todd Fouts, Dan Joyce, and Keita Nakamura
7 The English Language Proficiency Assessment for the Malaysian Public
Service
Kadeessa Abdul-Kadir
8 Global, Local or "Glocal": Alternative Pathways in English Language Test
Provision
Cyril J. Weir