Testing a Nation: The Social and Educational Impact of the College English Test in China

Testing a Nation: The Social and Educational Impact of the College English Test in China

Testing a Nation: The Social and Educational Impact of the College English Test in China

Testing a Nation: The Social and Educational Impact of the College English Test in China

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Overview

The College English Test (CET) in China, the world's largest national English test, has far-reaching effects on student's career prospects and Chinese society as a whole. This book reports on an extensive study of the impact of the CET on Chinese students and teachers, universities and governmental institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783034317047
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date: 11/13/2013
Series: New Approaches to Applied Linguistics , #1
Pages: 231
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Mark Garner is Director of the Centre for Language Assessment Research at the University of Roehampton, UK. He has taught applied linguistics, communication theory and research methodology at universities in four countries and has published widely on a range of topics in those fields.
Dayong Huang is Vice Dean of the School of Foreign Languages at Civil Aviation Flight University of China. He has taught linguistics, language testing and aviation English and has published on language testing and aviation English teaching and testing. He holds a PhD from the University of Aberdeen, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents: The background and educational setting of the College English Test (CET) in China – Previous studies of test impact – The design and conduct of the study – Uses made of the CET results – The impact of the CET on learning and teaching – The impact of the CET on students’ ethical conduct – Stakeholders’ perceptions of the fairness of the CET – CET results and the interaction of impact factors.
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