| Description |
1 online resource (301 pages) |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; The Editors; Part I Setting the Scene; 1 The Realities of English Language Assessment and the Chinese Learner in China and Beyond; 2 The History of Examinations: Why, How, What and Whom to Select?; Part II Validity and Test Validation: Views from Test Designers; 3 The National Education Examinations Authority and its English Language Tests; 4 The National College English Testing Committee; 5 Developments of English Language Assessment in Public Examinations in Hong Kong |
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6 The Language Training and Testing Center, Taiwan: Past, Present, and FuturePart III Test Use and Consequences: Views from Test-Users: Test Quality: Theoretical/Conceptual Points of View; 7 From TOEFL pBT to TOEFL iBT: Recent Trends, Research Landscape, and Chinese Learners; 8 IELTS: International English Language Testing System; 9 Chinese Test-takers' Performance and Characteristics on the Michigan English Language Assessment Battery; 10 The Public English Te |
| Summary |
Building on current theoretical and practical frameworks for English language assessment and testing, this book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date, relevant picture of English language assessment for students in China (Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan) and for Chinese learners of English around the world |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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English language -- Ability testing.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers.
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English language -- Ability testing
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Curtis, Andy
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| ISBN |
9780203873045 |
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0203873041 |
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