The Language Proficiency Assessment For Teachers

The words progress Assessment For TeachersHong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority announced the result of Language advance Assessment for Teachers (LPAT) in recently, the over each result in incline Language has continuous decreased. LPAT consist of five melodic themes in reading, writing, listening, speaking and classroom assessment. Except for the listening paper result is increase 2% sledding rate in last year, all new(prenominal)s paper has decreased. The Language development Assessment published by the government of Hong Kong SAR since 2000, after 10 days implementation, the teachers English language standard still ejectnot achieve public expectation, approximately half of the lotdidates argon failed in assessment in every year. both(prenominal) teachers said it make them feel humiliated dignity, because they still repeat the trial in many times.Research QuestionThe tail assemblydidate failure in Hong Kong Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers (LPAT ) in continuous few years, why be they failure in this test? numerous undersurfacedidates feels seek beneath the test, is it a documentary reason as behind of the failure? intend of the studyThe audience of this study is including decision-makers and mintdidates. The purpose of this study is discussing the reasons of the views failure in LPAT. Some teachers said that the chiefs are too surd for them and they dont have this gentle of study when they were a student, they feel stress between the test and their job. I volition discuss the surd and get unwrap the problem when candidates are facing to LPAT.Histories of the LPATAlong with education reform, teachers are encouraged to strive for higher(prenominal) levels of language proficiency, and to enhance their professionalism in subject knowledge and pedagogy by delegacy of training. According by the Education Bureau published in kinfolk of 2000, all new recruits teachers (include teaching in Primary and Secondary wo rk teacher) in English level are required to pass the bench mark test (known as LPAT now), as is currently teaching in English teachers, they must be fulfill the standard in the first moorage 2006 year, the teacher can be through the training or examination to achieve. Otherwise, they are not allowed to teaching the related language subject.The objective of government is to ensure that all language teachers possess at least basic language proficiency, so that they can promote effective teaching and enhance the quality of education, supply professional teaching.Teachers were taken in the streets to protest the policy announced in 2001 when government introduced the LPAT to testify the English teachers are really qualify to do that job. Some teachers association to be against the assessment as at today, they believed LPAT de articulation increase the pressure on teachers.Bibliography review in studyMany of teachers said that they feel stress in the LPAT test, some of these even s et out their job as an English teacher, LPAT is the main reason for them to leave their industry, curiously for some star has taken the LPAT test in a few times, they are no confidence in a teaching theatre. The below theories whitethorn help to explain their performance in the test and why they failure.Firstly, the cognitive theoretical approach (Lazarus 1999) suggested that the best way to view the stress bring is as a transaction between the person and environment which means the stress may be come from the event itself, the persons age, culture and experience. The teachers stress is come form the test, the teacher entry in their field before the LPAT is implement, the education reform make a change in the rail cultural, they may afraid the change in their age because they will befogged their job when failed in LPAT.Methodology using in studyIn LPAT is including in five papers, these are reading, writing, listening, speaking and classroom assessment. I will focus on writing part in this study because almost of candidates are failed in this paper in the past ten years. In writing part, it also divided into 2 section, first part is sensing and cleanseion of errors/problems, but we will focus on the second part is explanation of errors/problem, because most of the candidates feels confuse in this part. They cant make truth answer in this section.I am going to find out the problem of the candidate when they are facing in writing paper. I will adopt 2 methods to collect the data and try to depth psychology the various possible reasons.Method 1 InterviewInterview is one of the methods to reflect the actual situation in LPAT, interview to different graphic symbol can be reflecting their opinions on LPAT test.a) The man of the streetRespondents Including student, business man, noncitizen and who can speak English. Our interview should be including different segmentation of the volume to make the result is more precise and objective. Different role can be reflecting different opinions of the LPAT, we need to consider on the role when doing an interview. location In Central, Sheung Wan or Wanchai. We need to choose an get hold of place to get by the interview make it precise. These 3 places are including different agreeable of person, different segmentation of the person can be finding in these places. We are looking for someone who has basic language knowledge to conduct an interview, the English language level of these places is higher than other district, so that it is an appropriate place for interview.Process We can choose two or three questions from the past paper, those are most normal mistake in the foregoing LPAT test. Select a different degree of depth in the question. jump with the easily question to interview an interviewee, according to interviewees respond to continuous the other questions. We request the interviewee point out the error from the question and ask them to correct it in the right answer. Compare t he answer by the interviewee how to different with the candidate.b) CandidatesRespondents Who is readying to have an assessment in future and failed in assessment in pervious LPAT test. They are the most alpha interviewee because they lead the most important role in the assessment, when they are preparing for the assessment, they will clearly to know the difficult in between. Someone who failed in assessment, they may help to analysis the reasons of failed in the test.Location whatever place let the interviewee feels comfortableProcess It can be conducting in one by one interview or telephone interview. Using telephone interview because some of the candidate is animate teacher in the school, they are not willing to disclose the identity, they may afraid to affect the image of them or their school. So, these kinds of interview make them feels bail and more objective. In one by one interview, it may intermit a mock paper for the interviewee who is planning to have assessment, al l question will be find in past paper. After that, we can check the answer together, to discuss the real answer and ask the interviewee feels after they finished the mock paper. This mock paper helps us to analysis the real problem in LPAT test.Professional in language scopeRespondents They can be a school principal, English lecturer in University, lesson of Education Bureau or who is involve in LPAT.Location Any place let an interviewee feels convenience, may be in their office.Process This company of interviewee can be share their experience in the test, help us to cognitive the question in the LPAT, they will know more most the meaning of the LPAT, help to find out the deep reason that are failed in the test.Method 2 Research in the past paperSome of the teachers said that the question of the writing part is too difficult for them, so they dont have a sense in the past in some question. We are trying to find out some questions in previous past paper, to compare the degree of t he question in LPAT paper, go through the questions are belonging to which level student.We will obtain 5 previous LPAT in writing paper of explanation of errors/problem section, find out the pattern of the question in these 5 years, analysis which well-formed features is often occur in paper, find the possibility of the most common question in the paper. After research, we will know that the weakness of the candidate and analysis. Such as the most common question focus on tenses, infinitive and defining clause in the previous paper.According to these analyses, it can hand us a reference to recognize the question is easier one or difficult one, to verify the teachers view is correct or not.Conclusionmeasure stress in humans a practical guide for the field / edited by Gillian H. Ice and Gary D. James