A01=Dina Tsagari
Author_Dina Tsagari
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Category=CJA
Complexity
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Product details
- ISBN 9783631585061
- Weight: 400g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 28 May 2009
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
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It has long been noted that high-stakes language exams exert a powerful influence on teaching and learning, a phenomenon known as the washback effect (Alderson and Wall, 1993). However, due to the complex nature of the phenomenon, little research has been conducted in the field so far. This book, which is based on empirical research into the washback effect of First Certificate in English (FCE, Cambridge ESOL), discusses and elaborates on the complexity of the phenomenon and accounts for the intervening factors that mediate the process of test washback. The book concludes with the presentation of a model that demonstrates how the mechanism of washback operates and with recommendations to a variety of stakeholders for achieving beneficial washback.
The Author: Dina Tsagari is an EFL teacher, teacher trainer and tutor in the Hellenic Open University in Greece. Prior to this she was a visiting lecturer at the Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus. She has taught and published extensively in the field of language testing and assessment.
