Emma Bruce|Liz Hamp?Lyons
Opposing tensions of local and international standards for EAP writing programmes: Who are we assessing for?
City University of Hong Kong|University of Bedfordshire
response recent curriculum changes secondary schools hong kong including implementation 334 education structure one year less high school one year university introduction new school leavers exam hong kong diploma secondary education hkdse universities territory revisited english language curriculums city university new eap curriculum assessment framework developed fit redefined needs new cohort students paper describe development benchmarking process scoring instrument eap writing assessment city university discuss opposing tensions local hkdse international cefr ielts standards problems aligning eap needsbased domain scales standards cefr issues associated attempting fulfil institutional expectation eap programme would raise students scores whole cefr scale step finally consider political tensions created use external even international reference points specific levels writing performance students suggest benefits specific locallydesigned fitforpurpose tool one aligned universal standards