English Language Education and Assessment : Recent Developments in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland / / edited by David Coniam |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (287 p.) |
Disciplina |
428.0071
428.00710951 |
Soggetto topico |
International education
Comparative education Professional education Vocational education Language and education Assessment Educational policy Education and state International and Comparative Education Professional & Vocational Education Language Education Assessment, Testing and Evaluation Educational Policy and Politics |
ISBN | 981-287-071-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Teaching, learning and curriculum perspectives -- 1: Innovation in the New Senior Secondary English language curriculum: Learning English through popular culture. Phil BENSON and John PATKIN -- 2: Hong Kong secondary school English teachers’ beliefs and their influence on the implementation of Task-Based Language Teaching . Winnie Laifan CHAN -- 3: Implementing the innovative 2003 English Curriculum for Senior Secondary Schools in China: Teachers’ beliefs and practices. Wenfeng WANG -- 4: English language teaching in vocational senior secondary schools in mainland China. Wen ZHAO -- 5: EFL teacher learning in the Chinese sociocultural context. Peiya GU -- 6: Genre in the teaching of English in Hong Kong: a perspective from systemic functional linguistics. Corinne MAXWELL-REID -- 7: How much do students benefit from attending private tutorial schools? A case study of the Hong Kong shadow education system. David CONIAM -- 8: Innovating in tertiary education: A course in language play Roger BERRY -- 9 Re-imagining literacy: English in Hong Kong’s new university curriculum. Ken HYLAND -- Part II: Assessment perspectives -- 10: The limits of language tests and language testing – challenges and opportunities facing the College English Test. Yan JIN -- 11: Scoring fairness in large-scale high-stakes English language testing: an examination of the National Matriculation English Test. Liying CHENG and Yi MEI -- 12: Putting rater confidence in its place: A qualitative investigation of raters’ perceptions on using Confidence Scoring in speaking tests. Tan JIN -- 13 :Task-based language teaching and assessment in Chinese primary and secondary schools. Shaoqian LUO -- 14: Perspectives on Assessment for Learning in Hong Kong writing classrooms. Icy LEE and Peter FALVEY -- 15: Perspectives into the onscreen marking of English in Hong Kong. David CONIAM -- 16: Implementing innovation: a graded approach to English language testing in Hong Kong. Cameron SMART, Neil DRAVE and Jennifer SHIU. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910485023403321 |
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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High-Stakes Testing : The Impact of the LPATE on English Language Teachers in Hong Kong / / edited by David Coniam, Peter Falvey |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (428 pages) |
Disciplina | 418.0076 |
Soggetto topico |
Assessment
Language and education Teaching Assessment, Testing and Evaluation Language Education Teaching and Teacher Education |
ISBN | 981-10-6358-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299514403321 |
Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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