Assessing Chinese Learners of English Language Constructs, Consequen
This volume gathers researchers from around the world endeavouring to better understand a number of perennial issues in assessing Chinese learners of English, covering topics such as students' test performances, interactional competence and lexical knowle
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Also by Yan Jin AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPONENTIALITY OF L2 READING IN ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES (co-author)
Assessing Chinese Learners of English Language Constructs, Consequences and Conundrums Edited by
Guoxing Yu University of Bristol, UK
and
Yan Jin Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Selection and editorial content © Guoxing Yu and Yan Jin 2016 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2016 Foreword © Cyril J. Weir 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-44977-1 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-55397-6 ISBN 978-1-137-44978-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137449788 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Assessing Chinese learners of English : language constructs, consequences and conundrums / edited by Guoxing Yu, University of Bristol, UK ; Yan Jin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. pages cm 1. English language—Study and teaching—Chinese speakers. 2. English language—Ability testing. 3. English language—Conversation and phrase books—Chinese. 4. Second language acquisition—Methodology. 5. English language—Acquisition—Methodology. 6. China—Languages. I. Yu, Guoxing, 1971– editor. II. Jin, Yan, 1965– editor. PE1068.C5A88 2015 428.0071'051—dc23 Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
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Contents List of Figures, Tables and Appendices
vii x
Foreword by Cyril J. Weir Acknowledgements
xiii
Notes on Contributors
xiv
1 Assessing Chinese Learners of English:
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