Washback in language testing : research contexts and methods /

Washback in language testing : research contexts and methods / edited by Liying Cheng, Yoshinori J. Watanabe, with Andy Curtis. - xxi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.

Washback or Backwash: A Review of the Impact of Testing on Teaching and Learning / Methodology in Washback Studies / Washback and Curriculum Innovation / The Effects of Assessment-Driven Reform on the Teaching of Writing in Washington State / The IELTS Impact Study: Investigating Washback on Teaching Materials / IELTS Test Preparation in New Zealand: Preparing Students for the IELTS Academic Module / Washback in Classroom-Based Assessment: A Study of the Washback Effect in the Australian Adult Migrant English Program / Teacher Factors Mediating Washback / The Washback Effect of a Public Examination Change on Teachers' Perceptions Toward Their Classroom Teaching / Has a High-Stakes Test Produced the Intended Changes? / The Washback of an EFL National Oral Matriculation Test to Teaching and Learning / Liying Cheng and Andy Curtis -- Yoshinori Watanabe -- Stephen Andrews -- Brian Stecher, Tammi Chun and Sheila Barron -- Nick Saville and Roger Hawkey -- Belinda Hayes and John Read -- Catherine Burrows -- Yoshinori Watanabe -- Liying Cheng -- Luxia Qi -- Irit Ferman. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

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English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
Language and languages--Ability testing
English language--Ability testing
Test-taking skills

PE1128.A2 / W264 2004

428.0076

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