Changing Language Teaching through Language Testing: A Washback Study
, by Liying ChengNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780521544733 | 0521544734
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 4/3/2006
There has been growing interest in recent years in the influence of tests on teaching and learning - a phenomenon commonly referred to as 'washback'. Despite persistent assertions about its nature and scope, empirical studies investigating test washback are still limited in number, and few of these make use of both qualitative and quantitative methods in washback research.
List of figures | xiii | ||||
List of tables | xvi | ||||
Acknowledgements | xviii | ||||
Series Editors' note | xix | ||||
SECTION ONE: EDUCATION ON THE CHANGE | |||||
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SECTION TWO: METHODOLOGY FOR WASHBACK STUDY | |||||
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SECTION THREE: TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ON THE CHANGE | |||||
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Appendix I Teachers' questionnaire for the main study | 256 | (6) | |||
Appendix II Teachers' questionnaire for the initial study | 262 | (5) | |||
Appendix III Students' questionnaire for the main study | |||||
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Appendix IV The Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination 1996 English Language (Syllabus B) | 275 | (16) | |||
Appendix V An excerpt of one of the longest turns observed | 291 | (4) | |||
References | 295 | (16) | |||
Index | 311 |
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