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...

Washback refers to the influence of a test on teaching and learning. This study was an attempt to compare the influence of IELTS and TOEFL iBT on the expectations the students brought to their courses and to investigate how these expectations were fulfilled. To this end, 100 IELTS and 120 TOEFL iBT students attending preparation courses took a questionnaire survey, and a sample of their ten cla...

Testing holds an important place in the Iranian test-oriented context where the entrance examinations have serious educational and occupational outcomes. This study aimed to explore the potential washback effects of the General English Language Test of the Ph.D. (GELTP) as part of the Ph.D. University Entrance Examination (PUEE) on the humanities and science students’ perceptions and practices....

The effects of testing on students learning a foreign language have been the subject substantial investigation in related literature. In practice, majority teachers evaluate their through scheduled tests that they hold following semester's initial syllabuses. This qualitative study investigated importance washback effect (negative and positive) examinations Saudi EFL undergraduates at Majmaah U...

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...

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.