How does Washback of PRETCO Influence College English Teaching

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10.2991/msetasse-16.2016.358How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Washback, PRETCO, College English Teaching

Abstract

The Importance of tests on teaching is obvious in education system, and Madaus states that: 'It is testing, not the "official" stated curriculum, that is increasingly determining what is taught, how it is taught' (as cited in Spratt, 2005, p.5). The present study examined the washback effect of a high-stakes examination, Practical English Test for College (PRETCO), and found that it exerts great influence on what to teach and how activities were conducted in Practical College English teaching classroom of Maoming Polytechnic. The teaching content is related to the test and the syllabus allots much time for the test preparation in Practical College English teaching.

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© 2016, 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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TI  - How does Washback of PRETCO Influence College English Teaching
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 4th International Conference on Management Science, Education Technology, Arts, Social Science and Economics (msetasse-16)
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