This article reports on the development of literary portfolio as an alternative to standard written tests in summative assessment competences English a foreign language (EFL) classroom. It is argued that traditional class put too narrow focus those aspects are more readily operationalized and thus lend themselves better testing. This, however, may result negative washback teaching. Building on,...

This research probes into the washback effects of TOEFL iBT (the Test English as a Foreign Language Internet-Based Test) and how teachers in training institutions instruct preparation course Shanghai. The findings this article show that are supposed to transform general language skills teachable materials need be more aware cross-cultural learning problems. study points out has an influence bot...

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The Iranian Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology (MSRT) English Proficiency Test (EPT) has been in use since 1992. While the MSRT-EPT is generally claimed to be reliable, valid, practical, it does not assess speaking writing skills. In this exploratory study, a qualitative approach was used examine test-takers experiences language education experts’ beliefs about test as well their con...