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Pan, Yi-Ching; Roever, Carsten – Language Testing in Asia, 2016
Background: This study investigates the social impact of a policy requiring university graduates to pass an English proficiency test by examining the consequences of test use in the workplace in Taiwan. Methods: Interviews were conducted with 19 business people in charge of recruiting potential employees in 17 industries across Taiwan. All these…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Graduates, Language Tests, Work Environment
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Butler, Y. G. – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2004
Responding to the growing need to foster communicative abilities in English, many Asian countries where English is taught as a foreign language have recently introduced English at the elementary school level. However, the majority of elementary school teachers in such countries might not be adequately prepared to teach English; improving their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Skills