Washback Effects of Board-Based Speaking Tests
This study analyzes the opinions of a group of three English as a Foreign Language programs, on the washback effects of board-based oral tests on the students’ language proficiency and foreign language anxiety levels, and on the professors’ instructional choices and decision making. With purposive s...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Costa Rica |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/14145 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/letras/article/view/14145 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | English as a foreign language language proficiency instructional choices oral exams dominio lingüístico metodología exámenes orales inglés como lengua extranjera |
| Sumario: | This study analyzes the opinions of a group of three English as a Foreign Language programs, on the washback effects of board-based oral tests on the students’ language proficiency and foreign language anxiety levels, and on the professors’ instructional choices and decision making. With purposive sampling strategies and triangulation techniques, strong washback effects on learners’ foreign language anxiety levels and professors’ instructional choices, with lesser effects on learners’ proficiency levels and instructors’ decision making, were identied. |
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