1st Edition
English Language Proficiency Testing in Asia A New Paradigm Bridging Global and Local Contexts
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
Biography
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.
"A milestone for English language testing in Asia, this edited volume will give readers new appreciation for the level of professional expertise in language assessment to be found across the continent. It captures a variety of dynamic developments that are shaping tests and frameworks that serve local needs and reflect local cultural contexts. The book signals new ways of thinking about the assessment of learners’ language skills in the region, under local control, but supported by efficient infrastructures and research of international quality."
—Anthony Green, University of Bedfordshire, UK
