Changing Language Teaching through Language Testing
Subtitle: A Washback Study (Studies in Language Testing)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 3, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780521836142
Subjects: ELT: teaching theory & methods; Language; Foreign Language Study; Foreign Language - Dictionaries / Phrase Books; English; English as a Second Language; Foreign Language Study / English as a Second Language; Ability testing; English language; Foreign speakers; Language and languages; Study and teaching
First sentence: As is well known among educators, assessment practices are currently undergoing a major paradigm shift, which can be described as a reaction to the perceived shortcomings of the prevailing paradigm's emphasis on standardized testing (Biggs, 1995, 1996; Genesee, 1994).