Washback of an english achievement test to teachers a study at a university in Vietnam

Tác giả: Đinh Minh Thu

Giảng viên hướng dẫn: Dương Thu Mai

Năm xuất bản: 2019

Mô tả: The teachers stated their appreciation of the communicative language teaching while their practice was shaped with more features of the grammar-translation. In terms of the last aspect in concern, i.e, the teachers’ career development, while the teachers expected more training and sharing regarding the new test, few professional activities were witnessed throughout the research time. Positive washback was found in the teachers’ alignment between the test contents and the taught contents, their positive feeling toward the textbook, and their motivator role, etc. Negative washback evidence lay in the teachers’ teaching-to-the-test, teacher-centered classes, etc. Most findings supported previous washback studies. New findings emerged, such as the relation between the teachers’ professional status and their perceptions and practices under the EAT. The thesis has made new contributions to the washback research area both theoretically and empirically. Implications for classroom pedagogy, teacher education and further research have been provided in the conclusion