A New Washback Model of Students' Learning

Autor/in	Shih, Chih-Min
Titel	A New Washback Model of Students' Learning
Quelle	In: Canadian Modern Language Review, 64 (2007) 1, S.135-161 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0008-4506
DOI	10.3138/cmlr.64.1.135
Schlagwörter	Language Tests; Achievement Tests; Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; Models; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language test; Sprachtest; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Analogiemodell
Abstract	This study investigated the washback of the General English Proficiency Test on English learning in Taiwan. The research sites were the applied foreign language departments of a university of technology and an institute of technology. The latter required day-division students to pass the first stage of the test's intermediate level or the school-administered make-up examination, whereas the former did not prescribe any General English Proficiency Test requirement. Department documents and records were reviewed, and the department chair, teachers, students, and parents or spouses of participating students were interviewed. One of the courses taught by each interviewed teacher, as well as activities in the self-study centre, were observed. Findings indicated that existing theories did not fully explain the washback of this test on educational context, so a new, tentative washback model is proposed. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10