Washback Effect on Second Language Acquisition Test: A Case Study of College English Entrance Exam

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10.2991/iaw-sc.2013.196How to use a DOI?

Keywords

washback effect; SLA; CEEE; teaching and learning reform

Abstract

This paper focuses on a study of the washback of the college English entrance exam (CEEE). The study was motivated by a need for empirical research in keeping with the language teaching and learning reform currently underway. Questionnaire data analysis and mathematical statistics were employed in an attempt to examine how tests put impact on second language acquisition (SLA) process. The paper suggests that further reforms of language teaching and learning are supposed to be practically applied in accordance with the competence acquisition based on the requirement of CEEE.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Yu Wang
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TI  - Washback Effect on Second Language Acquisition Test: A Case Study of College English Entrance Exam
BT  - Proceedings of the 2013 International Academic Workshop on Social Science
PB  - Atlantis Press
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