The 2016 National Matriculation and General Certificate of Secondary Education English Test: A Challenge to the Goal of Foreign Languages Education in Vietnamese Schools

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Main Author:	Hoang, Van Van
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Language:	English
Published:	H. : ĐHQGHN 2018
Subjects:	Secondary education Foreign languages education National matriculation English test
Online Access:	http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/61128
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spelling	oai:112.137.131.14:VNU_123-611282018-01-16T20:02:48Z The 2016 National Matriculation and General Certificate of Secondary Education English Test: A Challenge to the Goal of Foreign Languages Education in Vietnamese Schools Hoang, Van Van Secondary education Foreign languages education National matriculation English test p. 1-16 Every year in Vietnam there are nearly a million Vietnamese 12 graders taking as compulsory the national general certificate of secondary education English test to be eligible to receive general certificate of secondary school education. Since 2015, the English test has been used for students to achieve two goals: (1) to receive general certificate of secondary school education and (2) to gain entrance to Vietnamese universities and colleges. The test is referred to as “the national matriculation and general certificate of secondary education English test”. It has a clear format, clearly specified contents, a clear and detailed scoring scheme, and is made public in the Vietnamese mass media. However, looked at from both theoretical and practical levels, there are still problems with the test that need to be examined and discussed. This is the purpose of this paper. As a way of start, the paper will provide a description of the test. Then, it will examine some of its key qualities, and present its washback and impact on the Vietnamese general school foreign language education. In the conclusion, after summarizing the strengths and weaknesses of the test, the paper will conclude that due to its weaknesses in both content and format,and its long-term negative washback, the 2016 national matriculation and general certificate of secondary education English test presents a big challenge to the communication goal of the Vietnamese general foreign language education. The paper recommends that for the quality of foreign language teaching and learning in Vietnamese schools to be improved and for the foreign language education in Vietnamese schools to meet the requirements of globalization in Vietnam, a radical renovation in both test format and test administration should be exercised. 2018-01-16T03:39:37Z 2018-01-16T03:39:37Z 2017 Article 2588-1159 http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/61128 en Vol. 33, No. 4 (2017); application/pdf H. : ĐHQGHN
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title	The 2016 National Matriculation and General Certificate of Secondary Education English Test: A Challenge to the Goal of Foreign Languages Education in Vietnamese Schools
title_short	The 2016 National Matriculation and General Certificate of Secondary Education English Test: A Challenge to the Goal of Foreign Languages Education in Vietnamese Schools
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