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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Washback"”.
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Washback of the image
… Several studies have been conducted on washback. Washback is the term used to describe the impact that tests have on teaching and learning. The purpose of this study was to examine the washback of the IMAGE at an elementary school in Illinois. The IMAGE (Illinois Measure of Annual Growth …
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Learners' Input on L2 Testing: An Issue of Washback
The results provide relevant information for the use of certain task methods for classroom work and for the development of L2 tests.
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An investigation of washback at english private schools in Goiania-Go, Brazil
… teaching in Goiania, a phenomenon recognized as Washback. Class observations, interviews, a survey and an analysis of the exams were used as instruments of data collection. The results revealed that the exams contributed to a little negative washback on teaching and they did not seem to have …
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Examining the Potential Washback of a New Large -Scale English Proficiency Test: Aligning Tests, Teaching, and Learning
This study investigated the potential washback of the Integrated Task on classroom practices. The Integrated Task is a writing task on a new English language proficiency test developed to assess English language learners (ELLS) in grades K-12. This study was conducted in an elementary school in the …
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An investigation into the effect of the Skills for Life Strategy on assessment and classroom practices in ESOL teaching in England
… and whether these assessments resulted in any washback. In this qualitative study, the Henrichsen (1989) model of the diffusion of innovation acted as the framework to explore the assessment of ESOL students in 3 further education colleges in the UK, using interviews and observations. The …
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Exploring the Washback Effects of the Chinese National Matriculation English Test (NMET) on Student Learning and Their Test Anxiety
Washback refers to the effects of language testing on teaching and learning (Alderson & Wall, 1993). Washback studies have been frequently conducted in educational fields in the past several decades (Alderson & Wall, 1993; Cheng, 1997; 2005; Green, 2006; 2007; Qi, 2007). And those studies focus …
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The Reported Activities and Beliefs of the Students Preparing for the Specialised English Test (SPE).
The purpose of this study is to explore the 'washback effect' of a high stakes test known as the Specialised English Test (SPE) which is used to admit English-major applicants into English departments at universities in Iran. A belief commonly held about the SPE Test is that students admitted to …
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Washback effects of the IELTS test: views and experiences of Chinese students in the context of a Sino-UK joint programme with English as the medium of instruction
… can work together to contribute to the washback of the IELTS test from students’ perspectives. I investigated, within a consequential validity framework, how the high-stakes and high predictability aspects of the IELTS test in my research context can shape the washback of the test on …
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Development and Validation of an ESL Diagnostic Reading-to-Write Test: An Effect-Driven Approach
… careful interpretations of effects in a positive washback study.
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The impact of implementing English proficiency tests as a graduation requirement at Taiwanese universities of technology
… teaching and learning is commonly described as ‘washback’. Yet while the connection between testing and learning is commonly made, it is not known whether it really exists and, if it does, it is seldom crystal clear whether tests have favourable or deleterious washback. Following a critical …
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The Government of Canada’s Second Language Evaluation, Test of Written Expression: Exploring Validity
… evidence of negative consequences in terms of washback and impact of the SLE. These findings shed light on issues with the implementation of the Official Languages Act within the public service, suggesting a bottom-up approach to address these issues.
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The development and evaluation of a systematic training program for increasing both rater reliability and rating accuracy
… their concerns, the structure of the test, or washback effects of the test use. This study utilized a modified version of Lynch’s program evaluation model (1996; 2003) to collect evidence from different sources, including data drawn from the entire evaluation process ranging from needs analysis …
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A case study on implicit and explicit online pronunciation tutoring to Chinese international graduate students
… education in China, where the negative washback from exam-driven English teaching styles is still prominent. This study compared the progress of two Chinese graduate students in a Midwestern university, one received one-on-one implicit instruction and another explicit instruction online. …
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English language learner autonomy in the Vietnamese higher education context: enabling factors and barriers arising from assessment practice
… Primary contributing factors included negative washback of current assessment systems on teaching and learning practices, prescribed assessment practices in the class, teachers’ and learners’ limited and divergent understanding about the concept of learner autonomy, and their limited …
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Digital representation for assessment of spoken EFL at university level: A case study in Vietnam
… DMOVA was also credited with generating positive washback effects on learning, teaching and assessment of spoken English. In addition, the digital technology was compatible with the existing facilities at the university and required no support or advanced ICT knowledge. Overall, the benefits of …