A Desirable Direction for English Teachers’In-Service Training Program in the Future

Abstract

The purpose and result of this article are as follows: First, the current evaluation system, norm-referenced evaluation, should be substituted for criterion-referenced evaluation based on the practical analysis on teaching-learning and evaluation Second, the evaluation should follow the direction; from ‘collective-standardized’ to ‘variousindividualized’, from ‘product-centered’ to ‘process-centered’, from ‘traditional paper test’ to ‘various examination via ICT’. Third, based on the analysis on the reality and system of current English teacher training, the training circumstance appropriate for communicative language teaching should be prepared under criterion-referenced evaluation. Fourth, based on the analysis of the reality and system of current English teacher training, the right direction of training appropriate for the changed paradigm should be established.