Assessing Chinese Learners of English: Language Constructs, Consequences and Conundrums

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Assessing Chinese Learners of English: The Language Constructs, Consequences and Conundrums — An Introduction....Pages 1-16
Implementing a Learning-Oriented Approach within English Language Assessment in Hong Kong Schools: Practices, Issues and Complexities....Pages 17-37
Contriving Authentic Interaction: Task Implementation and Engagement in School-Based Speaking Assessment in Hong Kong....Pages 38-60
The Impact of Test Mode on the Use of Communication Strategies in Paired Discussion....Pages 61-84
Face-to-face Interaction in a Speaking Test: A Corpus-Based Study of Chinese Learners’ Basic Spoken Vocabulary....Pages 85-100
Features of Formulaic Sequences Used by Chinese EFL Learners in Performing a Story Retelling Assessment Task....Pages 101-120
Assessing Incidental Vocabulary Learning by Chinese EFL Learners: A Test of the Involvement Load Hypothesis....Pages 121-149
Chinese Users’ Perceptions of the Use of Automated Scoring for a Speaking Practice Test....Pages 150-175
Project-Based Group Assessment in the Second Language Classroom: Understanding University Students’ Perceptions....Pages 176-198
Chinese EFL Students’ Response to an Assessment Policy Change....Pages 199-218
Students’ Voices: What Factors Influence Their English Learning and Test Performance?....Pages 219-244
Standard English or Chinese English? Native and Non-Native English Teachers’ Perceptions....Pages 245-269
The Power of General English Proficiency Test on Taiwanese Society and Its Tertiary English Education....Pages 270-286
Twenty Years of Cambridge English Examinations in China: Investigating Impact from the Test-takers’ Perspectives....Pages 287-310
Back Matter....Pages 311-313