Editors:
- Records the considerable developments in terms of innovations in English language assessment and education in the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong
- Ranges across major developments in the redefining of Hong Kong’s secondary and tertiary curriculums as well as the huge field of China’s vocational educational curriculum
- Reflects the major changes in Hong Kong’s recent examination reform as well as quality control issues in the administration of China’s national English language tests
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Perspectives
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Front Matter
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Assessment Perspectives
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This volume gathers contributions in the closely linked fields of English language assessment and language education. The contributors from China and Hong Kong represent a mixture of established and new scholars. Areas covered in the language education section range across major developments in the redefining of Hong Kong’s secondary and tertiary curricula, as well as the huge field of China’s vocational education curriculum. Regarding assessment, the contributions reflect major changes in the marking of examinations in Hong Kong, whereby all examinations from 2012 onwards are marked onscreen, to quality control issues in the administration of China’s College English Test, which is taken by over 10 million candidates every year.
Reviews
“English Language Education and Assessment: Recent Development in Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland provides timely and instructive insights into how assessment is practiced in classrooms in both the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. … not only offers readers a general perspective on issues involved in English language teaching and assessment but also presents practices with strong local features. … It also serves as an important stepping strong towards inspiring more studies in language education and assessment in the Chinese context.” (Li Liu, Frontiers of Education in China, Vol. 10 (2), 2015)
Editors and Affiliations
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Dept of Curriculum and Instruction, The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China
David Coniam
About the editor
David Coniam has been involved in different facets of English language teaching, teacher education and assessment in Hong Kong for over 30 years. He is currently Chair Professor of Curriculum and Assessment in the Faculty of Education & Human Development at the Hong Kong Institute of Education, where he is a teacher educator, working with teachers in Hong Kong primary and secondary schools. His main publication and research interests are in language assessment, language teaching methodology and computer assisted language learning.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: English Language Education and Assessment
Book Subtitle: Recent Developments in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland
Editors: David Coniam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-071-1
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-070-4Published: 24 July 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1156-6Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-071-1Published: 06 July 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 281
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Professional & Vocational Education, Language Education, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Educational Policy and Politics