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Washback in language testing : research contexts and methods / edited by Liying Cheng, Yoshinori J. Watanabe, with Andy Curtis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004Description: xxi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0805839860
  • 9780805839869
  • 0805839879
  • 9780805839876
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.0076 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1128.A2 W264 2004
Contents:
1. Washback or Backwash: A Review of the Impact of Testing on Teaching and Learning / Liying Cheng and Andy Curtis -- 2. Methodology in Washback Studies / Yoshinori Watanabe -- 3. Washback and Curriculum Innovation / Stephen Andrews -- 4. The Effects of Assessment-Driven Reform on the Teaching of Writing in Washington State / Brian Stecher, Tammi Chun and Sheila Barron -- 5. The IELTS Impact Study: Investigating Washback on Teaching Materials / Nick Saville and Roger Hawkey -- 6. IELTS Test Preparation in New Zealand: Preparing Students for the IELTS Academic Module / Belinda Hayes and John Read -- 7. Washback in Classroom-Based Assessment: A Study of the Washback Effect in the Australian Adult Migrant English Program / Catherine Burrows -- 8. Teacher Factors Mediating Washback / Yoshinori Watanabe -- 9. The Washback Effect of a Public Examination Change on Teachers' Perceptions Toward Their Classroom Teaching / Liying Cheng -- 10. Has a High-Stakes Test Produced the Intended Changes? / Luxia Qi -- 11. The Washback of an EFL National Oral Matriculation Test to Teaching and Learning / Irit Ferman.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.

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

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