“…Research on senior high school education in Taiwan has so far been primarily focused on educational leadership (e.g., Chen 2008;Hsiao et al 2008), the relationship between GSAT and students' academic performance (e.g., Lee 2003;Yang 2003), teacher's work value and job stress (e.g., Chen 2003), and students' learning motivation and attitudes (e.g., Hardré et al 2006;Tsai 2013). Until now, little is known about the impact of the newly-introduced listening test on English teaching at senior high school level, and how public and private senior high school English teachers have reacted to it.…”