Washback in Language Testing
Subtitle: Research Contexts and Methods
Contributors: Liying Cheng (Editor); Yoshinori Watanabe (Editor); WITH Andy Curtis (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780805839876
Subjects: Examinations & assessment; Language & Linguistics; Research methods: general; Multicultural Education; English language; Study and teaching; Administration - General; Education / Teaching; Leadership; Education; Language and languages; Foreign speakers; Language Experience Approach; Testing & Measurement; Education / Bilingual Education; Ability testing; Research; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy
First sentence: Washback or backwash, a term now commonly used in applied linguistics, refers to the influence of testing on teaching and learning (Alderson &amp; Wall, 1993), and has become an increasingly prevalent and prominent phenomenon in education-"what is assessed becomes what is valued, which becomes what is taught" (McEwen, 1995a, p. 42).