Offering much-needed context on locally-produced tests across Asia, contributors examine emerging models for English language assessment and the impact these large-scale tests have on the teaching and learning of English in the region.
Lily I-Wen Su is a distinguished professor of the Graduate Institute of Linguistics at National Taiwan University and Executive Director of the LTTC, a non-profit educational foundation in Taiwan.
Cyril J. Weir (1950-2018) was Professor and Powdrill Chair in English Language Acquisition in CRELLA at the University of Bedfordshire, UK, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Reading, UK.
Jessica R. W. Wu holds a PhD in Language Testing and is the R&D Program Director at the LTTC.
Editor's Note
Lily I-Wen Su
Foreword: Localization
Barry O'Sullivan
List of Contributors
1 Introduction
Jessica R. W. Wu
2 The General English Proficiency Test in Taiwan: Past, Present, and Future
Rachel Yi-fen Wu
3 TEPS and Its Family of Tests
Yong-Won Lee, Heesung Jun, and Ja Young Kim
4 Vietnamese Standardized Test of English Proficiency-A Panorama
Nguyen Thi Ngoc Quynh
5 Testing Tertiary-Level English Language Learners: The College English Test in China
Jin Yan
6 EIKEN and TEAP: How Two Test Systems in Japan Have Responded to Different Local Needs in the Same Context
Jamie Dunlea, Todd Fouts, Dan Joyce, and Keita Nakamura
7 The English Language Proficiency Assessment for the Malaysian Public Service
Kadeessa Abdul-Kadir
8 Global, Local or "Glocal": Alternative Pathways in English Language Test Provision
Cyril J. Weir