Incorporating IELTS language standards into the language classroom

Incorporating IELTS language standards into the language classroom

• Mao, Qunfan Desiree
• Wong, Yuet Wai
• Chu, Wing Ki Blanche The Hong Kong Institution of Education

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
    • GBC Teaching Methods of Listening, Conversation, Speech & Their Outcomes

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This presentation discusses the infusion of IELTS exemplars and standards descriptors into instructional materials to promote assessment for learning. The discussion is based on teachers’ experiences of a Year 2 English course offered in a university in Hong Kong which requires students to attain a specified IELTS standard before graduation. To help students to attain the required IELTS exit requirement, IELTS exemplars and standards descriptors are incorporated into the training materials. Drawing upon students’ responses, this presentation will suggest practical ideas for developing instructional materials by (a) effectively helping students approach and overcome difficulties in comprehending standards descriptors with specific reference to their own language problems, and (b) achieving the above through interactive in-class activities to help teachers use proficiency standards to develop meaningful curricular materials and assessment practices. It is hoped that the outcomes of this project can counterbalance ‘instrumentalism’ (in achieving standards) and ‘learning’ in academic settings where testing is a policy concern. Copyright © 2017 Asia TEFL.

Paper presented at the 16th Asia TEFL International Conference: English Language Teaching in the Changing Glocalised World: Research and Praxis, University of Macau, Macau, China.

• English

Conference Papers

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/01382267

2019-02-12