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
The Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis
The first language system interferes with the second language system.
Structural analysis on the two language would enable teachers to predict 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
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
Ⅰ. Curriculum of English
1. 성 격
영어는 국제적으로 가장 널리 쓰이고 있는 언어이다. 그러므로 세계의 흐름에 동참하여 국가와 사회 발전에 기여하고, 세계인으로서 질 높은 문화생활을 하기 위해서는 영어로 의사소통 할 필요가 있다.
중학교 영어는 학생들이 일생 생활에서 사용하는 기초적인