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1、554321LTJ010.1177/0265532214554321LanguageTestingLamresearch-article2014LANGUAGEArticleTESTINGLanguageTesting2015,Vol.32(2)169–197Languageassessment©TheAuthor(s)2014Reprintsandpermissions:traininginHongKong:sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.navDOI:10.1177/0265532214554321Implicatio
2、nsforlanguageltj.sagepub.comassessmentliteracyRickyLamHongKongBaptistUniversity,ChinaAbstractDespitethecallforusingassessmenttopromoteeffectivelearning,mostlanguageteachersremainunderpreparedtoconductclassroom-basedformativeassessmentandinterpretthesummativeassessmentinformationfor
3、improvinginstructionaswellaslearning.Drawinguponasurveyofprogrammeandgovernmentdocuments,interviews,studentassessmenttasks,andteachingevaluation,thispaperaimstoexploretheoveralllanguageassessmenttraininglandscapeinfiveHongKongteachereducationinstitutionsagainstthebackdropofassessme
4、ntreformsinprimary/secondaryschoolcontexts.Itspecificallyattemptstoinvestigatetheextenttowhichtwoassessmentcoursesmayfacilitateand/orinhibitthedevelopmentofpre-serviceteachers’languageassessmentliteracyinoneteachereducationinstitution.Findingsindicatethatlanguageassessmenttrainingi
5、nHongKongremainsinadequateandselectedlanguageassessmentcoursesarestillunabletobridgethetheory-practicegapwithintheassessmentreformcontext.Implicationsandrecommendationsforpromotinglanguageassessmentliteracyarediscussed.KeywordsAssessmentreform,Englishlanguageeducation,languageasses
6、smentliteracy,languageassessmenttraining,pre-serviceteachersAssessmentplaysacrucialroleintheprocessofteachingandlearning.Despiteitssignifi-cance,assessmenttrainingfor(language)teachersappearstobeinadequateasdescribedbyStiggins(1991)that,‘Weareanationofassessmentilliterates’(p.535).
7、Since1991,notmuchprogresshasbeenmadeasmorethanadecadelater,Popham(2004)Correspondingauthor:RickyLam,DepartmentofEducationStudies,HongKongBaptistUniversity,8/F,AAB833,KowloonTong,HongKong,China.Email:rickylam@hkbu.edu.hkDownloadedfromltj.sagepub.comatBEIJINGFOREIGNSTUDIESUNIVonOctob
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