Washback refers to the effect of testing on teaching and learning. The university entrance exam for Iranian MA candidates of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (hereinafter TEFL MA UEE) is a nationwide high-stakes test administered every year, and significant decisions will be made based on the examinees’ performance on this exam; therefore, it is prone to bring about degrees of washback at...

The validity of the TOEFL, a large-scale worldwide test and high-stake test, is most concern for test-takers. TOEFL scores has been found positive as whole but in reading comprehension. Four aspects are analyzed to study fairness iBT test. Results show that score under-represented, with some cognitive issue, negative washback, unfairness.

test washback is generally defined as the influence of tests on teaching and learning process. inspired by messick’s consequential validity and shohamy’s critical language testing, this critical impact study explored the transformative or reproductive practices different stakeholders undertake in relation to the detrimental impacts of konkoor in iran. the participants were 60 efl teachers, a sa...

Ujian Tulis Berbasis Komputer (UTBK) is a high-stakes test for students. They strive to pass the and be accepted in their targeted institution. As one of subjects involved UTBK, English surely has influenced teaching & learning 12th-grade classrooms. This impact known as washback effect. While most studies investigate effect on whole subject, little about particular part test. Thus, this ca...

This study aims at discovering whether university entrance exam (UEE), a high-stake selection test in Iran, influences the high school and pre-university EFL teachers` methodology and test development. The participants of this study included thirty high school and pre-university EFL teachers who were randomly selected from ten different schools. To answer the research questions, five types of m...

Abstract Although washback has been widely explored by applied linguists and education researchers, little attention paid to teacher agency in relation it. It is critical understand how language teachers navigate their pedagogy respond the broader curricular goals at a time when schools are being governed using examination test data as accountability mechanisms. Drawing on from classroom observ...

the present study was an attempt to investigate the washback effect of the tefl ma university entrance exam on the teaching and learning behaviors of students and professors. the tefl ma uee consists of three sub-components that deal with particular aspects of applied linguistics; each of these parts measures the participants’ knowledge in linguistics, language testing, and teaching methodology...