Developing Classroom Language Assessment Benchmarks for Japanese Teachers of English as a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Kimura, Yuzo; Nakata, Yoshiyuki; Ikeno, Osamu; Naganuma, Naoyuki; Andrews, Stephen
Titel	Developing Classroom Language Assessment Benchmarks for Japanese Teachers of English as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: Language Testing in Asia, 7 (2017), Artikel 3 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kimura, Yuzo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-0443
DOI	10.1186/s40468-017-0035-2
Schlagwörter	Benchmarking; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Teachers; Language Proficiency; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Language Usage; Classroom Communication; Teaching Methods; Secondary School Students; Student Evaluation; Metalinguistics; High Stakes Tests; Cross Cultural Studies; Japan; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Sprachgebrauch; Klassengespräch; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sekundarschüler; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Hongkong
Abstract	Introduction: Since the Japanese government has called for English to be taught through English (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2003), there has been increasing interest in English language classrooms in upper secondary schools. The government has proposed English proficiency scores that Japanese teachers of English should attain, but has not yet specified clearly what English language use should be like in the classroom. Case description: This case study describes the theoretical aspect of the development of a benchmark assessment for use in English language classrooms with Japanese teachers of English as a foreign language (EFL). The study first defines teacher language proficiency, the use of the foreign language in the classroom, with particular attention to teacher language awareness (Andrews, 2007) as a bridging mechanism between pedagogical content knowledge and the foreign language proficiency of Japanese teachers of EFL. This definition of teacher language proficiency is further elaborated in terms of the legitimate use of benchmark assessments in English language classrooms in Japan with a thorough literature review of L2 benchmark assessments in other parts of the world. Discussion and Evaluation: The present case study examines the ideal assessor conditions after thorough review on assessor bias from the language testing/assessment research, while the development of assessment benchmarks for use in Japan is discussed based on a high-stakes benchmark assessment for teachers of EFL in Hong Kong. The proposed benchmarks acknowledge the complexity of classroom English use, thus employing four different scale types to accommodate the multifaceted characteristics of teacher language proficiency. Conclusions: The current case study concludes with the exploration of tasks remaining for the future development of our benchmark assessments for use in ongoing professional development. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01