Assessing Chinese Learners of English
Subtitle: Language Constructs, Consequences and Conundrums
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Nov 29, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9781137449771
Description: "Assessing Chinese Learners of English gathers research from around the world to better understand a number of perennial issues in English language assessment of Chinese learners. Topics covered in this volume include the issues and challenges in the development and implementation of School-Based Assessment in Hong Kong, the impact of General English Proficiency Test on curriculum in Taiwanese universities, the impact of Cambridge English examinations in mainland China, students' test performances in terms of their communication strategies, interactional competence and lexical knowledge, students' motivation, their attitudes and reactions towards assessment innovations (e.g. automated scoring), assessment policy changes (e.g. formative assessment, project-based group assessment), and teachers' attitudes towards the use of Standard English and Chinese English in assessment. This book will appeal to language testing professionals as well as researchers in the areas of language testing, applied linguistics, second language acquisition, and international/comparative education"--
Notes: Source title: Assessing Chinese Learners of English: Language Constructs, Consequences and Conundrums