Washback in language testing

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Washback or backwash, a term now commonly used in applied linguistics, refers to the influence of testing on teaching and learning (Alderson & Wall, 1993), and has become an increasingly prevalent and prominent phenomenon in education-"what is assessed becomes what is valued, which becomes what is taught" (McEwen, 1995a, p. 42).

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