Investigating the A-level Chinese examination in England: teachers’ perspectives

Jia Li; Xiao Tian Kuai; Ying Zheng; Yu-Hua Chen

doi:10.1080/09571736.2024.2388812

Investigating the A-level Chinese examination in England: teachers’ perspectives

Jia Li, Xiao Tian Kuai, Ying Zheng, Yu-Hua Chen

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This paper investigates England’s A-level Chinese examination from teachers’ perspectives. This examination is one of the subject-based qualifications typically taken by students at the age of 18 who plan to go to university. Despite the government’s promotion of Chinese teaching in different educational settings, there remains a lack of empirical research in this area, especially focusing on this examination. This paper, which is part of a larger project that explores the validity of A-level Chinese from various perspectives, reports findings from surveys and interviews with Chinese-language teachers in England, both native and non-native speakers. The primary aim is to understand teachers’ attitudes toward various aspects of the A-level Chinese examination, including difficulties in the listening and reading papers, textbook suitability, and continuity from GCSE studies. Potential obstacles to the promotion of A-level Chinese teaching and learning are also identified in this paper.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	(In-Press)
Number of pages	20
Journal	The Language Learning Journal
Volume	(In-Press)
Early online date	7 Sept 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09571736.2024.2388812
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 7 Sept 2024

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This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.

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This project is funded by British Academy Talent Development Awards 2021-2022 (TDA21\210040).

Funding

This project is funded by British Academy Talent Development Awards 2021-2022 (TDA21\210040).

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British Academy	TDA21\210040

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A-level Chinese
teachers’perspectives
language tests
test paper design

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