TY  - BOOK
AU  - Cheng,Liying
TI  - Changing language teaching through language testing: a washback study 
T2  - Studies in language testing
SN  - 052183614X
AV  - P53.4 .C45 2005
U1  - 428.24 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Cambridge [England], New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Ability testing
KW  - English language
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Foreign speakers
KW  - Test-taking skills
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index; Ch. 1; The Hong Kong research context --; Ch. 2; Literature review --; Ch. 3; Research methodology --; Ch. 4; Phase I - the decision-making stage of the examination change --; Ch. 5; Phase II - teachers' perceptions of the change --; Ch. 6; Phase II - students' perceptions of the change --; Ch. 7; Phase III - teachers' and students' actions and reactions to the change --; Ch. 8; Washback revisisted --; App; The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination 1996 English Language (Syllabus B)
N2  - "This volume will be of particular relevance to language test developers and researchers interested in the consequential validity of tests; it will also be of interest to teachers, curriculum designers, policymakers and others in education concerned with the interface between language testing and teaching practices/programs."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -