The Washback Effect on Chinese EFL Teaching: Balancing Fluency and Accuracy in Chinese EFL Classrooms
Abstract
We use the testing standard to modify our teaching practices. Our students will learn more comprehensively when we improve our teaching practices. In addition, because of the complexity of the washback effects and the ever-growing testing industry, knowing the testing system comprehensively is becoming more necessary (Saltana, 2018 & Kuang, 2020). In China, many English teachers say, “This knowledge is not included in the tests, and we do not need to focus on it.” Such an utterance indicated that teachers’ curriculums and teaching practices in China are always test-guided. So, exploring testing allows teachers to revisit their curriculums and teaching practices and develop updated teaching methods. Students’ learning behaviors can also be modifi ed.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v8i4.13279
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