English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner

Herausgeber: Cheng, Liying; Curtis, Andy

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Ton edition
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780415994477
• ISBN-10: 0415994470
• Artikelnr.: 23594015

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