Gui Shichun: Founding Father of Language Testing in China

Autor/inn/en	Lianzhen, He; Luxia, Qi
Titel	Gui Shichun: Founding Father of Language Testing in China
Quelle	In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 7 (2010) 4, S.359-371 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-4303
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Conferences (Gatherings); Applied Linguistics; Testing; Language Tests; Achievement Tests; Foreign Countries; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Proficiency; Biographies; Graduate Students; Supervision; College Faculty; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Career Development; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Linguistik; Angewandte Linguistik; Testdurchführung; Testen; Language test; Sprachtest; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Ausland; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Fakultät; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Berufsentwicklung
Abstract	This article presents an interview with Professor Gui Shichun, a well-known figure in the academic field in China. Professor Shichun is credited with being the first scholar who introduced applied linguistics studies into China. He has established several other records of "the first in China," hence has long been called "the brave pioneering explorer" in his field in his country. He also established and held the first national symposium on applied linguistics and English teaching in 1980 and the first international symposium on foreign language teaching in China in 1985. Further, in 1978, he also started advocating the application of international mainstream language testing theories and established the nation-wide English Proficiency Test (EPT) in China. Over the years, he has supervised many MA students as well as Ph.D. students who are now very active in the field of language testing and applied linguistics. In the interview, Professor Shichun talks about his career history and shares his experience that made him switch to applied linguistics. (Contains 2 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10