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Washback Effects of IELTS Test on Teachers' Adoption of Teaching Materials in the Classroom in China
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Download full textGu, Kali – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2023
This study investigates washback effects of IELTS test on university teachers' adoption of teaching materials in the classroom in China and see how a high-stake language exam affects their teaching practices and how they and their students perceive the effectiveness of the pedagogic adjustments. To this end, individual interview to five teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Second Language Learning
Li Dong – Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 2019
Currently, there are a vast number of Chinese students taking IELTS each year, but there are scarce studies regarding to how this high-stakes test affects Chinese students. From the perspective of test impact and second language acquisition theories, this study investigates Chinese students' perceptions of IELTS's affective impact in their…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes, Anxiety
