In recent years, educators advocated teachers' reflection on their teaching practice, which has gradually developed into an important activity. Practices have proved that teachers can improve level through continuous reflection. this paper, the author introduces and offers some ways to IELTS writing teaching. Most students trouble getting higher scores tasks. Therefore, is useful who want help ...

This study investigates washback effects of IELTS test on university teachers’ adoption teaching materials in the classroom China and see how a high-stake language exam affects their practices they students perceive effectiveness pedagogic adjustments. To this end, individual interview to five teacher participants was carried out questionnaire administered over 100 students. The results show po...

Backgound: Having been influenced by the trend of internationalization of higher education, most universities in Taiwan have implemented an English benchmark requirement for graduation, which requires students to demonstrate their English ability at a specified Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) level through taking a standardized English language test (e.g., GEPT, IELT...

IELTS preparation courses have gained significant popularity in Iran in the past decade. Although teachers in such an exam-oriented context have started to use formative assessment to improve their writing instruction, their knowledge and beliefs about assessment for learning are still a myth. This mixed-methods study investigated Iranian IELTS teachers’ beliefs and knowledge about the four mai...