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UNINA9910299545103321 |
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Xu Qian |
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A Study on the Washback Effects of the Test for English Majors (TEM) : Implications for Testing and Teaching Reforms / / by Qian Xu, Jun Liu |
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Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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1 online resource (262 pages) |
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Language and languages - Study and teaching |
Educational tests and measurements |
Language Education |
Assessment and Testing |
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Monografia |
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Chapter One TEM: A High-Stakes Standardized Test in the Chinese Context -- Chapter Two Washback: Definitions and Dimensions -- Chapter Three Theoretical Framework for Washback Studies -- Chapter Four Research Framework for TEM Washback Study -- Chapter Five Stakeholders' Perceptions of TEM and Its Washback -- Chapter Six Classroom Practice and the Washback of TEM -- Chapter Seven Implications for the Reform of Testing and Teaching -- Bibliography -- APPENDIX I -- APPENDIX II -- APPENDIX III. |
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This book adopts a multi-method and multi-phase approach to investigate the washback effects of Test for English Majors (TEM) on program administrators, teachers and students, shedding new light on TEM reform and the reform of English teaching and learning in China. TEM, a nationwide test used to measure the language proficiency of undergraduate English majors in China, is a major standardized test taken by nearly 400,000 students every year. The book’s key features include: an in-depth discussion of the nature of washback and a framework for investigating it; a multi-method and multi-phase approach, employing both the quantitative method of questionnaire surveys and the qualitative methods of interviews and classroom |
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observations; large-scale questionnaire surveys conducted among experts, program administrators, teachers and students, and involving over 30,000 participants; detailed assessments of TEM’s washback effects on stakeholders’ perceptions, classroom teaching practice, students learning activities, etc.; and essential insights into testing and teaching reforms. |
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UNINA9910418295503321 |
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Autore |
Mo Xinyu |
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Teaching Reading and Teacher Beliefs : A Sociocultural Perspective / / by Xinyu Mo |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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1 online resource (XIX, 189 p. 9 illus.) |
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English Language Education, , 2213-6975 ; ; 20 |
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Language and languages - Study and teaching |
Teachers - Training of |
Language Education |
Language Teaching and Learning |
Teaching and Teacher Education |
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Introduction -- ELT and EFL Teachers in Chinese Universities -- A Framework for Analyzing Teacher Beliefs -- Theoretical Beliefs -- Action Beliefs -- Context Beliefs -- Beliefs about Teachers' Roles -- Conclusion. |
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This book explores language teacher beliefs in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) reading instruction in the context of Chinese university English instructors. Since the 1990s, there has been a renewed interest on teacher beliefs in the domain of language teacher cognition. However, most studies in this area aim at investigating the relationship |
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between particular aspects of teacher beliefs and classroom practices, largely ignoring the complexity of teacher beliefs. This study explores the issue from an alternative perspective by conceptualizing teacher beliefs as a complex, dynamic and multi-faceted system. By adopting five rounds of interview and four classroom observations, the year-long study reveals seven key features of the belief system shared among six participants. It calls for the holistic, complex and insider view to examine teacher beliefs in relation to the sociocultural and historical contexts where the teachers work and live. "An inspiring journey into the complex world of EFL teachers’ beliefs." Michael K. Legutke, Justus Liebig University Giessen. |
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