A Qualitative Inquiry into the Impact of the Hong Kong LPATE over the Past Decade and a Half: Changes, Challenges, and Implications

Autor/inn/en	Coniam, David; Falvey, Peter; Xiao, Yangyu
Titel	A Qualitative Inquiry into the Impact of the Hong Kong LPATE over the Past Decade and a Half: Changes, Challenges, and Implications
Quelle	In: Language Assessment Quarterly, 16 (2019) 1, S.105-124 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1543-4303
DOI	10.1080/15434303.2018.1515950
Schlagwörter	Benchmarking; Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Proficiency; Language Teachers; Faculty Development; Standards; Language Tests; English (Second Language); Elementary School Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Metalinguistics; Trust (Psychology); Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Standard; Language test; Sprachtest; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Hongkong
Abstract	Over the past two decades awareness has been growing that English language teachers need good English language proficiency and professional training to teach effectively. To address this issue, a benchmark--minimum standards assessment test--was initiated, developed, and introduced in Hong Kong in 2001. Because more than a decade and a half has now elapsed since the introduction of the LPATE, the current study explores some of the changes and challenges that have emerged since the introduction of this minimum standards language test for English language teachers. Using a qualitative approach, the study collected interview responses from 24 participants in primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong. Results indicate that changes were generally perceived positively, with English language teachers becoming better trained, with an enhanced awareness of professionalism in the profession, and English teacher standards becoming guaranteed through the implementation of the LPATE. Although the LPATE was not without its attendant controversies, 15 years later, respondents generally view the test as having fulfilled its mission and consequently now somewhat limited. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01