Sharpling, Gerard, 1965-. (2004) Inter-cultural issues in testing Chinese students' writing. English Language Teacher Education and Development, Vol.8 . pp. 67-82. ISSN 1365-3741

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Abstract

This paper looks at some of the inter-cultural issues involved in testing the writing proficiency of Chinese students applying for undergraduate and graduate programmes at the University of Warwick, UK, and other British universities. An inter-cultural understanding of the language testing experience, though rarely pursued within the language testing literature, is useful for two reasons. Firstly, a better understanding of what learners and teachers of another culture think about English language tests written within English-speaking countries is helpful for those teachers and examiners who are unfamiliar with that culture. Secondly, as a general principle, writing assessors need to become more actively involved in a process of inter-cultural dialogue, so that they better understand the students they are assessing. This involves an exchange of views with a variety of professional people from other cultures, as well as their own.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LC Special aspects of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Chinese students -- Great Britain, Educational evaluation -- Great Britain, Language and languages -- Ability testing -- Great Britain, Intercultural communication
Journal or Publication Title:	English Language Teacher Education and Development
Publisher:	University of Warwick
ISSN:	1365-3741
Date:	2004
Volume:	Vol.8
Page Range:	pp. 67-82
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/3236

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