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1、APECEDNETProjectSeminaronLanguageStandardsandtheirAssessmentBackgroundResearchPaperBackgroundResearchPaperAuthors:Dr.HowardChen,NTNU,ChineseTaipeiDr.PaulSinclair,MCU,ChineseTaipeiDr.Shin-yingHuang,NTNU,ChineseTaipeiLeAnnEyerman,MCU,ChineseTaipeiTable
2、ofContentsIntroduction1i.English4I.ConceptualFrameworksforsettingandassessingEnglishlanguagestandards4II.AssessmentInstrumentsforEnglishlanguage15a.EnglishLanguageAssessmentInstrumentsAdministeredbyEnglish-speakingEconomies16b.EnglishLanguageAssessme
3、ntInstrumentsRecognizedwithinNon-EnglishDominantAPECEconomies19c.EnglishLanguageTestsandScales22III.ApplyingtheInstruments23a.Assessinglearners’abilities25b.Assessingteachers’abilities27ii.OtherForeignLanguages27(LanguagesOtherThanEnglish)Appendix34W
4、orksCited47Bibliography51IntroductionGlobalizationandthetrendofworldevents,alongwithshiftsineconomicpowerhavebeguntoverynoticeablyaffectinterestlevelsinforeignlanguagelearninginthepastdecade.Humanmigrationandcross-bordereconomicinterestswithintheAsia
5、-Pacificregionaswellasbeyondit,haveintensifiedthefervorofindividualsandgovernmentstoseeandmeasureresultsinlanguagelearning.ManyAPECmembereconomieshaveunderstoodforseveraldecadesthevalueofhavingfacilityinasecondoreventhirdlanguage,especiallythoseforwh
6、omEnglishisnotaprimarymothertongue.However,inrecentyears,eventhoseAPECeconomieswhosecitizensprimarilycommunicateinEnglishhavebeguntoemphasizeandfacilitatethelearningofforeignlanguages.Investmentinlanguageprogramsismadewithanexpectationofreturnoninves
7、tment.Thedegreetowhichthisreturnisrealizedismeasuredbylanguageassessmenttools.Havingaccurateandreliableassessmenttoolsavailableallowsindividualsandeconomiestomakewiseinvestmentdecisions,whetheritbetime,energy,financesorotherresources.Thesettingandass
8、essingofstandardsforthelearningofEnglishandotherforeignlanguageshasbecomeasharedconcernofmanyaroundtheworld.APECeconomieshavebeenpoolingsomeoftheirresourcestoaddressthisconcernforseveralyearsnow.In2004,asummitwasheldinBeijingChina,bringingtogethersen
