Globalization or Localization: Where do Language Tests Go?
【Abstract】The separation into international tests for the management of international movement of young people into advanced study programs, and national/local tests for study purposes within students’ own countries, drives the people concerned to think about the way forward of language tests, particularly English language proficiency tests. What’s at issue here is not ‘globalization or localization?’, but that ‘when and how to globalize and when and how to localize?’. ‘Globalization’ and ‘localization’ are not exclusive to each other, but rather complementary to some extent.
【Key Words】test, globalization, localization
摘要:区别于国际考试,以管理年轻人参加进修项目的国际流动为目的,国家或者地方考试服务于意在本国学习的学生,这使得人们开始关注语言考试的前景,尤其是英语水平检测考试。引起争议的不是“全球化”和“本土化” 本身?而是“何时以及如何全球化和本土化”?全球化和本土化并不矛盾对立,而是双方一定程度的优势互补。
关键字:考试,全球化,本土化