Washback of IELTS on the Assumption College English Program

Autor/in	Sanonguthai, Suchada
Titel	Washback of IELTS on the Assumption College English Program
Quelle	In: Language Testing in Asia, 1 (2011) 2, S.33-67, Artikel 33 (35 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-0443
DOI	10.1186/2229-0443-1-2-33
Schlagwörter	Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Language Tests; Test Results; Exit Examinations; Foreign Countries; Achievement Tests; Grade 10; Grade 11; Grade 12; Test Coaching; Secondary School Curriculum; Foreign Workers; High School Students; High School Teachers; Administrators; Thailand; International English Language Testing System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language test; Sprachtest; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Ausland; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Testverfahren; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Language tests; Englisch
Abstract	This paper reports and discusses how the IELTS test has brought its impact to Assumption College Thonburi English Program (ACTEP)'s exit testing, English courses offered and foreign teachers' teaching. Two different methods of data collection apply; an interview with the ACTEP Academic Head and questionnaire for Grades 10-11 students and foreign teachers. It has been found that in order to assure Grade 12 performance on the IELTS test, other well-known achievement tests have been put into the ACTEP academic policy. IELTS preparatory courses have been listed into the Grades 10-12 ACTEP curriculum. The findings show that the foreign teachers, both Native-English speakers and Non-Native English speakers teaching staff in the ACTEP, need more insights to the IELTS test format. It is also well worth recommending that students need to practice more during their high school years as their Grade 11 exit test, the CU-TEP test, cannot reflect all strategies needed in the IELTS test. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01