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Download full textShijun, Chen – International Education Studies, 2022
The high-stakes College English Test (CET), developed, administered, and reformed over the last 20 years, has received great attention in the aspect of washback on teaching and learning from previous research. Very few studies explored its consequences in the workplace domain--being used as a screening lever. This research aimed to 1) compare…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Use, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Direct linkTakunori Terasawa; So Sudo; Takeshi Kajigaya; Ryosuke Aoyama; Ryuko Kubota – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2025
This paper examines recent reforms in English-language testing in Japan using a policy distraction framework. We identify the term 'washback (effect)' and other related discourses as major distractors and investigate how 'washback' discourses have functioned as political slogans or catchphrases in policy deliberation processes and how they have…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Otomo, Ruriko – Cogent Education, 2016
Taking commercial English language tests is becoming common practice among young English learners in Japan. With a specific focus on the "Jido Eiken" test, this study examines English language test-taking activity by analyzing textual data retrieved from three data sources. "Jido Eiken" is found to represent a complex…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, Language Planning
Erfani, Shiva Seyed – English Language Teaching, 2012
One consequence of test use in the English-language teaching community is the negative washback of tests on teaching and learning. Test preparation courses are often seen as part of the more general issue of washback. IELTS and TOEFL iBT tests, focusing on communicative competence, are anticipated to have positive washback effect on how English is…
Descriptors: Language Tests, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Testing Problems
Nelson, Jacqueline – 1986
Inclusion of oral exams as a regular part of the school-based testing program has the advantages of providing motivation to learn oral skills, oral testing experience, additional opportunities for students to perform well, and improved relationships with students. However, logistical problems can be substantial. Adequate time for and efficient…
Descriptors: Examiners, Interviews, Language Tests, Learning Motivation
Spinelli, Cathleen G. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2008
Existing research indicates that there is a disproportionate number of students with cultural and linguistic differences, English Language Learners (ELL), who are misidentified as learning disabled when their problems are due to cultural and/or linguistic differences. As a consequence, these students do not receive appropriate services. With the…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Formative Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Cultural Pluralism
Peer reviewedLoughrin-Sacco, Steven J. – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1990
In addition to the benefits of the oral proficiency movement, problems are seen, including flaws in the claim that the testing is proficiency based, the potential misuse of competency-based education, and the Oral Proficiency Interview's inability to test nonlinguistic barriers to communication. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Competency Based Education, Interviews, Language Proficiency
Madsen, Harold S. – 1987
A study investigated the effectiveness of the Rasch procedure in measuring response appropriateness, especially for the detection of cheating on multiple-choice language tests. The report gives background information on appropriateness measurement and its potential uses, reviews recent research on cheating and its detection, and describes three…
Descriptors: Cheating, English (Second Language), Evaluation Methods, Language Tests
Wigglesworth, Gillian, Ed.; Elder, Catherine, Ed. – 1996
A selection of essays on language testing includes: "Perspectives on the Testing Cycle: Setting the Scene" (Catherine Elder, Gillian Wigglesworth); "The Politicisation of English: The Case of the STEP Test and the Chinese Students" (Lesleyanne Hawthorne); "Developing Language Tests for Specific Populations" (Rosemary…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Hindi
Wesdorp, Hildo – 1983
Since the mid-1960s, the use of objective testing in education, and multiple-choice tests in particular, has increased dramatically in the Netherlands. Since the founding of the Dutch National Institute for Educational Measurement in 1968, the construction of many achievement tests has been concentrated there. This general changeover from…
Descriptors: Dutch, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
