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Prospects of Compulsory English Education in South Korea: What Went Wrong and What Could Be Rectified
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Lee, Giseung – Journal of Education, 2022
This article examines the conceivable rationales as to why Korean students' English-speaking proficiency scores are not as outstanding as other international standardized test scores such as the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). Despite the efforts of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Achievement Tests
Equity or Equality: Outer and Expanding Circle Teachers' Awareness of and Attitudes towards World Englishes and International Proficiency Tests
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Monfared, Abbas – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This paper investigates the attitudes of 246 English teachers from Outer and Expanding Circles (EC and OC) towards the global spread of English and the challenges underpinning international proficiency tests. Using a questionnaire, supplemented with interviews with a smaller group of teachers, this study explores how EC and OC teachers perceive…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, English (Second Language), Language Variation
Investigating the Policy-Reality (Mis)Match in IELTS and TOEFL from the Perspectives of Global Englishes
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Boonsuk, Yusop; Karakas, Ali – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2020
Introduction: In recent years, the number of test-takers of international tests of English has grown at an exponential rate. Those whose first language is not English, i.e. non-native English speakers (NNES), constitute the predominant majority of these test-takers, largely based in non-Anglophone contexts. Thus, the state of whether the…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction