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Direct linkGujord, Ann-Kristin Helland – Language Testing, 2023
This study explores whether and to what extent the background information supplied by 10,155 immigrants who took an official language test in Norwegian affected their chances of passing one, two, or all three parts of the test. The background information included in the analysis was prior education, region (location of their home country),…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Adults, Second Language Learning, Norwegian
Saif, Shahrzad – Language Testing, 2006
The aim of this study is to explore the possibility of creating positive washback by focusing on factors in the background of the test development process and anticipating the conditions most likely to lead to positive wash-back. The article reports on a multiphase empirical study investigating the washback effects of a needs-based test of spoken…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Training, Intervals, Teaching Assistants
