ERIC Number: EJ1245419
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Publication Date: 2019
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Analyzing Media Discourse on the Development of the National English Ability Test (NEAT) in South Korea
Language Testing in Asia, v9 Article 4 2019
The purpose of this study is to analyze newspaper articles from three publications ("Chosun Ilbo," "Donga Ilbo," and "JoongAng Ilbo") regarding a newly developed high-stakes English test in South Korea, the National English Ability Test (NEAT), from the viewpoint of critical discourse analysis. All of the articles were collected from online archives, and most were published between 2007 and 2012. The events surrounding the development of the test were analyzed from three dimensions: textual, discursive, and social. It was found that NEAT-related media discourse was formulated in terms of technology-focused, economic (private education expenditure), or utilitarian (the benefits of a domestic "Korean" test) practice. These discursive events were implicitly connected to the cultures of "technopoly" and "teach-to-the-test," both of which were exploited to silence the voices of diverse groups in the English language education community.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Newspapers, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning, High Stakes Tests, Educational Testing, Educational Technology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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