Author: Liying Cheng
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: language, testing, studies, study, washback, changing, teaching
Number of Pages: 342
Published: 2006-04-03
List price: $89.00
ISBN-10: 052183614X
ISBN-13: 9780521836142

Despite persistent assertions of washback (the influence of testing on teaching and learning) limited research studies have been undertaken on the subject. Even fewer studies have made use of quantitative and qualitative methods to examine washback. This book, at the intersection of language testing and teaching practices/programs, investigates the impact of the introduction of the 1996 Hong Kong Certificate of Education in English, a high-stakes public examination, on classroom teaching and learning in Hong Kong secondary schools. The washback effect was observed initially at the macro level,

Authors:Janna Fox, Mari Wesche, Doreen Bayliss, Liying Che
Publisher: University of Ottawa Pre
Keywords: actexpress, reconsidered, testing, language
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-06-01
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 0776606573
ISBN-13: 9780776606576

Language Testing Reconsidered provides a critical update on major issues that have engaged the field of language testing since its inception. Anyone who is working in, studying or teaching language testing should have a copy of this book. The information, discussions, and reflections offered within the volume address major developments within the field over the past decades, enlivened by current "takes" on these issues. The real value of this collection, however, lies in its consideration of the past as a means of defining the future agenda of language testing.