Early life
childhood
Born in Qing Jiang, China
Her father was a missionaries
When she was 5 years old, they leave china, moved to Virginia
She moved 13 times because of her father and the war
Her family moved 13 times between 1937 and 1950
Katherine was always the newcomer and never fit in very well
perhaps in part due to her British accent and secondhand clothing
She w
Item writing and moderation
-Writing items
There are always possibilities that text takers might misinterpret the items, so it is important for item writers to scrutinize the items from test takers' point of view. Also, items are required to be consistent with the specifications from start to end. After writing items, moderation will be followed to find weaknesses in the items and revise them
◆ Modern Society and Web 2.0
Web 1.0 era as the word of "sea of information", we are exposed to a lot of information. Regardless of distance and time, we can easily send information as well as our own private information. Also, the amount of data, in 1989, the European Particle Physics in Switzerland, developed hypertext and MOSAIC invented first web browser in 1993. Those changes helped to
the difficulties in acquiring second language.
It is quite common to detect where the speaker is from just by listening to his/her accent.
e.g.) French
Ladies and gentlemen
-Ladies and zentlemans
The great honor
-ze grade hooneur
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Corder’s (1973) 4 Stages of Second Language Development
1. Random Error(
In the Second World War the Japanese army invaded and subsequently occupied Malaya, Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore for over three years. During this time, ethnic tensions were raised and nationalism grew. Popular support for independence increased after Malaya was reconquered by Allied Forces. Post-war British plans to unite the administration of Malaya under a single crown colony called the Malay