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Chen, I  (2018). Preparing Asian ESOL Teachers to Respond to Student Writing: A Systemic

                     Functional Linguistic Perspective in Action Doctoral Dissertations. 1159.

                     https://doi.org/10.7275/10812795.0                     

This study investigates the professional development of language instructors in terms of their ability to evaluate and remark on their students' writing. The results indicate that these teachers shifted from decontextualized responses to lexical and grammatical problems to feedback geared toward enhancing text meaning.

Due to the exam-oriented setting, formalism-informed language instruction and socialization, instructors approached genre stages in student writing prescriptively. They also highlighted the importance of students' language choices in producing content (ideational meaning) and regulating information flow (textual meaning), while ignoring voice (interpersonal meaning). The study contributes to writing teacher education by providing empirical evidence about the potential lack of student writing in a bilingual context and by supporting future outlook, which is related to my findings regarding students' general writing in a bilingual setting.

 

 

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Feng, A.  (2007). Bilingual education in China. Multilingual Matters, 147-151.

            https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/lib/michstate-

            ebooks/reader.action?docID=307301

Due to the scarcity of Chinese immersion schools in the United States, it can be difficult to locate a relevant book or paper for research. However, multilingualism has a long history in China: As a result of the rapid pace of globalization and internationalization, studying English has become one of the most important things to do in China. As a result, an increasing number of English-immersion schools are sprouting around the nation. In such schools, a form of bilingual education called as integrated English exists. The majority of bilingual students are expected to be able to communicate well in both Chinese and English. Chapter 8 of this book concentrates on the English and Chinese bilingual education. This is extremely similar to the scenario I would want to highlight in the United States' public schools with Chinese immersion programs. The chapter is pertinent to my paper since it discusses the techniques instructors employ to thrive in bilingual education, as well as how the immersion approach fits into China's culture. It motivates me to comprehend and discuss the case in public schools in the United States. In addition, it emphasizes the argument I wish to make on the relationship between high-stakes testing and immersion programs by describing how those immersion programs depart from an examination-oriented curriculum.

 

 

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Ghafournia, N. (2013).  “The Relationship between Using Multiple-Choice Test-Taking

                Strategies and General Language Proficiency Levels.” Procedia - Social and Behavioral

                Sciences 70 (January): 90–94. doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.01.043.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how students' English language skills are affected by different approaches to completing multiple-choice exams. The conclusion is that more skilled test takers employed total test-taking methods and subcategories more often than less skilled test takers. In other words, students who get a higher score on the multiple-choice language test have more effective test-guessing strategies. Therefore, it does not accurately reflect students' actual competence levels. In addition, writers emphasize the significance of teaching students test-taking strategies.

The source is relevant to my paper because I also doubt if it is necessary for language teachers to devote a significant amount of effort to ensure that their students achieve high scores on proficiency exams. This particular source provided the evidence for the claim that I would like to develop in my project.

 

 

 

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Kenneth, E. V. (2003). An Integrated Curriculum Using State Standards in a High-Stakes

             Testing Environment, Middle School Journal, 34:4, 5-10, DOI:   

             10.1080/00940771.2003.11495383

The source presents the contemporary scenario in which students are expected to achieve passing scores on high-stakes state standards assessments, particularly in the areas of mathematics and English. It is problematic for schools to devote a disproportionate amount of time to teaching subjects like English and mathematics. In the public school system, this is not an isolated incident. The article was published in the journal in 2003, and it claimed that test-based and standards-based reform will occur, but the situation has remained the same for the past 20 years. Due to the fact that it was supervised by the department of education, the journal gives me evidence to support my claim that there are problems that occurs caused by high-stakes standard-based testing in the public school system. Additionally, the journal gave me evidence to show that the issues also exist in schools that offer bilingual immersion programs.

 

 

 

 

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Yasmin, B. K. (2016). Connected Gaming : What Making Video Games Can Teach Us

                About Learning and Literacy. The MIT Press

This is a reading that is from the course, and I choose to use it because the introduction chapter is incredibly informative. Because the book discusses the terminology associated with Metagaming, I'll be able to utilize it to explain how the scenario fits into public schools. By using a gaming metaphor, I'm going to discuss the present situation in the public school system, specifically with regard to immersion schools. On the basis of this source, it is argued that the mechanism behind the "gaming" of school can be substantiated.

Ahmad, I (2019). Game Design: Issues, Trends,s, and Challenges. PENERBIT UTeM Press

This book has helped me understand how game design works, and it has also provided me with a clear definition of these concepts. Additionally, this book has helped me understand how I can apply concepts such as game design, game mechanics, and components to other topics when I'm in school settings.