Assessing Chinese learners of English : language constructs, consequences and conundrums / edited by Guoxing Yu, University of Bristol, UK, Yan Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Twenty years of Cambridge English examinations in China : investigating the impact from the test-takers perspective / Xiangdong Gu and Nick Saville. 14. Assessing Chinese learners of English : the language constructs, consequences and conundrums: an introduction / Guoxing Yu and Yan Jin -- 2. Implementing a learning-oriented approach within English language assessment in Hong Kong schools: practices, issues and complexities / Liz Hamp-Lyons -- 3. Contriving authentic interaction : task implementation and engagement in school-based speaking assessment in Hong Kong / Daniel M.K. Lam -- 4. The impact of test mode on the use of communication strategies in the paired discussion / Yan Jin and Lin Zhang -- 5. Face-to-face interaction in a speaking test : a corpus-based study of Chinese learners' basic spoken vocabulary / Shasha Xu -- 6. Features of formulaic language used by Chinese EFL learners in performing a story retelling assessment task / Lei Wang and Chan Chen -- 7. Assessing incidental vocabulary learning by Chinese EFL learners : a test of the involvement load hypothesis / Chanchan Tang and Jeanine Treffers-Daller -- 8. Chinese users' perceptions of the use of automated scoring for a speaking practice test / Xiaoming Xi, Jonathan Schmidgall and Yuan Wang -- 9. Project-based group assessment in the second language classroom : understanding university students' perceptions / David D. Qian -- 10. Chinese EFL students' response to an assessment policy change / Qiuxian Chen and Lyn May -- 11. Students' voices : what factors influence their English learning and test performance? / Ying Zheng -- 12. Standard English or Chinese English? native and non-native English teachers' perceptions / Ying Zhang -- 13. The power of the General English Proficiency Test on the Taiwanese society and its tertiary English education / Shwu-wen Lin -- 14. Twenty years of Cambridge English examinations in China : investigating the impact from the test-takers perspective / Xiangdong Gu and Nick Saville.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.