Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ501416
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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The Backwash Effect: From Testing to Teaching.
Prodromou, Luke
ELT Journal, v49 n1 p13-25 Jan 1995
Assesses the concept of "backwash" in language teaching. The two processes of testing and teaching are considered to be necessary but distinct. A system is described for distinguishing between them which is applied to developing classroom activities for examination preparation classes to help teachers move from testing to teaching procedures. (15 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Problem Solving, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teaching Methods, Test Wiseness, Testing, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Greece
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