Changing Language Teaching Through Language Testing: A Washback Study

by Liying Cheng

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521544734
• ISBN13: 9780521544733
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"