Affiliation:
1. University of Glasgow School of Education
Abstract
Abstract
Alignment in between curriculum and assessment remains an important, yet underexplored, topic. This study critically investigates the content (mis)match between English textbooks and English exam papers in Vietnam. This study explores an open question, often claimed by the ministers as the goal of the education reforms: Does the English Examination closely follow what was set out in the current English textbooks, in terms of the lexical content? Through corpus-based discourse analysis, this study evaluates 6 English textbooks and 150 English past papers for upper secondary students in Vietnam for 3 years. Results show a downward trend in content alignment between English exam past papers and the English curriculum. A subsequent discussion of underlying causes is included, and recommendations are offered for future research.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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