This study is aimed at investigating the content of Employment Exams for Secondary English Teachers in Korea based on Target Language Use (TLU). This paper examined whether Employment Exams headed towards the right direction regarding their content from 2009 to 2017. A survey was given to 41 English teachers and 66 English teacher candidates to investigate their ideas about usefulness of Employment Exam. Based on the survey results and theoretical background, this study conducted quantitative and qualitative content analysis. The researcher sorted a total of 309 items in the exams from 2009 to 2017 according to their item types and academic fields. Each year of the exams was then analyzed for their exam format, the ratio of pedagogical and curriculum content, and the ratio of the four academic fields. These aspects were utilized to investigate the examination trend and reliability of the exams for nine years. Also, this study examined the usefulness of items in Employment Exam in 2017 in terms of their construct validity, authenticity, and interactiveness. Findings and new insights from the research results are suggested.
I. INTRODUCTION
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
III. RESEARCH METHOD
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
V. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS
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