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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299514403321

Titolo

High-Stakes Testing : The Impact of the LPATE on English Language Teachers in Hong Kong / / edited by David Coniam, Peter Falvey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-10-6358-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 pages)

Disciplina

418.0076

Soggetti

Assessment

Language and education

Teaching

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

Language Education

Teaching and Teacher Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Section I Background to Higher-Stakes Assessment -- 1 Introduction and Background to High-Stakes Assessment -- 2 Research Literature -- 3 Issues in High-Stakes Assessment -- 4 Background to the Hong Kong Education System -- 5 The Initial 1996 Consultancy Study -- 6 The English Language Benchmark Subject Committee -- 7 The Pilot Benchmark Assessment (English) -- 8 Determining Benchmarks after the PBAE -- Section II The LPATE Enhancement Courses in Hong Kong: The Case of the Chinese University of Hong Kong -- 9 The LPATE Training Courses: An Initiative to improve Teacher Language Proficiency -- 10 The CUHK LPATE Training COurses: Reading and Listening -- 11 The CUHK LPATE Training Courses: Writing, Speaking and Classroom Language -- Section III The LPATE: A High-Stakes Assessment in Operation (2001-2007) -- 12 The Operation of the LPATE (2001-2005) -- 13 The Revision of the LPATE -- 14 Maintaining Standards in the Indirectly-Assessed Components of the LPATE -- 15 Misconceptions of the LPATE in the Media: Perspectives on Educational Change -- 16 A Quantitative Investigation of Stakeholder Perceptions -- 17 A Qualitative Interpretation of the Impact of the LPATE on Key



Stakeholders -- Section V Conclusion -- 18 Concluding Comments on the Benchmarking (LPATE) Project: Strengths, Weaknesses and Constraints.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a detailed account of the origin, development, administration, revision and subsequent research findings on the benchmarking initiative from 1996-2016. It presents an overall assessment of the initiative’s impact on major stakeholders, predictions regarding the way forward, and implications for other countries, especially in South East Asia. In addition, the book discusses what the larger global community can learn from Hong Kong’s two-decade experience of conceptualizing and implementing minimum standard language requirements for teachers.