Research into the effects of tests on teaching and learning activities,referred to as 'washback' in the applied linguistics literature,dates back at least four decades.In this article,after giving the definiti...Research into the effects of tests on teaching and learning activities,referred to as 'washback' in the applied linguistics literature,dates back at least four decades.In this article,after giving the definition of washback,the author tries to show the relationship between washback and the participants in washback process and gives the direction for further research on washback.展开更多
文摘Research into the effects of tests on teaching and learning activities,referred to as 'washback' in the applied linguistics literature,dates back at least four decades.In this article,after giving the definition of washback,the author tries to show the relationship between washback and the participants in washback process and gives the direction for further research on washback.