دانلود کتاب English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner

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Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 17
The Editors......Page 18
Part I Setting the Scene......Page 20
1 The Realities of English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner in China and Beyond......Page 22
2 The History of Examinations: Why, How, What and Whom to Select?......Page 32
Part II Validity and Test Validation: Views from Test Designers......Page 46
3 The National Education Examinations Authority and its English Language Tests......Page 48
4 The National College English Testing Committee......Page 63
5 Developments of English Language Assessment in Public Examinations in Hong Kong......Page 79
6 The Language Training and Testing Center, Taiwan: Past, Present, and Future......Page 96
Part III Test Use and Consequences: Views from Test-Users: Test Quality: Theoretical/Conceptual Points of View......Page 112
7 From TOEFL pBT to TOEFL iBT: Recent Trends, Research Landscape, and Chinese Learners......Page 114
8 IELTS: International English Language Testing System......Page 131
9 Chinese Test-takers’ Performance and Characteristics on the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery......Page 140
10 The Public English Test System......Page 151
11 The Graduate School Entrance English Examination......Page 164
12 The General English Proficiency Test......Page 177
Part IV Test Use and Consequences: Views from Test-Users: Test Quality: Empirical Studies......Page 192
13 Chinese EFL Learners’ Discoursal Performance in the Cambridge ESOL FCE Speaking Test: Culture-Specific or Test-Driven?......Page 194
14 Exploring the Relationship between Chinese University Students’ Attitudes towards the College English Test and their Test Performance......Page 209
15 Chinese EFL Students’ Perceptions of the Classroom Assessment Environment and their Goal Orientations......Page 221
16 Should Proofreading Go?: Examining the Selection Function and Washback of the Proofreading Sub-test in the National Matriculation English Test......Page 238
17 The Computerized Oral English Test of the National Matriculation English Test......Page 253
18 The Hong Kong Certifi cate of Education: School-Based Assessment Reform in Hong Kong English Language Education......Page 267
Part V The Link between Test Validity and Validation, and Test Use and the Consequences: Conclusion and Beyond......Page 284
19 The Impact of English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner in China and Beyond......Page 286
Contributors......Page 293
Index......Page 295