In the age of globalization, cultural hybridity has become a common phenomenon. As a result, the notion of “glocalization” has been posited as the key to understanding the dynamics that underlie everyday praxis in our age. As one of the major contemporary ecumenical modes of expression, the English language has been avoiding its true destiny as a lingua franca, suppressing the phenomenon of cultural hybridity in its pedagogy until recently. However, it is time for a paradigm shift in how English is taught and how English proficiency is assessed.

To promote discussion from diverse perspectives on these crucial issues, the LTTC hosted an international conference on “Critical Reflections on Foreign Language Education: Globalization and Local Interventions.” The invited speeches and selected papers from the conference are gathered in this volume. The chapters in this book cover the three main themes: The first section examines the role of English as an international language and challenges current paradigms in language education; the second section explores several aspects of current language teaching pedagogy; the third section presents new perspectives on language testing and assessment.

在全球化的影響下，混合的文化逐漸普遍。「全球在地化」是解讀今日許多風俗習慣、社會實踐的途徑。雖然是全球最通用的語言，人們長期忽略英語身為通用語（Lingua Franca）的使命，依然在使用以及教學上奉行「純正」英語的霸權，而無視大量「混合」英語的母語、外語使用者。

Acknowledgements                                                                                                         i

Introduction                                                                                                                    iii

n   Section 1. Globalization and Language Education

1.      International Tests of English: Are They Fit for Purpose?                                          3                           

Jennifer Jenkins

2.      Negotiation between East Asian Values and Anglophone Culture in the Teaching  29

of English in Japan                                                            

Nobuyuki Hino (日野信行)

n   Section 2. Language Teaching Pedagogy

3.      Teaching Four English Skills through the Story and Movie Brokeback Mountain     49        

Hengsyung Jeng (鄭恒雄)

4.      Drama Translation, Performance and Language Enhancement                                    67                        

Valerie I. Pellatt

5.      Fostering the Autonomy of L2 Writers: Tutorial Sessions at Waseda University   85

Writing Centers 

Saori Sadoshima (佐渡島紗織)

6.      A Study of Metacognitive Listening Instruction to EFL Young Learners        111           

Huei-Chun Teng (鄧慧君) & Chia-Hui Lin (林佳慧)

7.      Developing English Literacy Skills of Young EFL Learners with Children’s     139

Stories          

Anna Wing-bo Tso (曹穎寶)

n   Section 3. Language Testing and Assessment

8.      Revising the Speaking Component of the FLPT English Test                 157                     

Heng-Tsung Danny Huang (黃恆綜) & Hsin-Yi Yeh (葉心宇)

9.      新HSK六級閱讀能力考核研究                                                                              

A Study on Reading Comprehension Test in the New HSK of Level Six  191

Ming Tang (湯明)

10.  學生於英語口語能力測驗的策略使用                                               

      xx Students’ Strategy Use in the English Oral Proficiency Test   201

Nae-Dong Yang (楊乃冬)

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