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Review of washback research literature within Kane's argument-based validation framework

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

Liying Cheng ,
Youyi Sun  and
Jia Ma
Liying Cheng
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, [email protected]
Youyi Sun
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, [email protected]
Jia Ma
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston, [email protected]
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Abstract

No area of language assessment research in the past 20 years has received a greater increase in attention than washback research. Beginning with the seminal work of Alderson & Wall (Alderson & Wall 1993; Wall & Alderson 1993), an evolving body of empirical washback studies has been conducted worldwide, especially in countries where English is not the dominant language. A systematic search of the pertinent literature between 1993 and 2013 identified a total of 123 publications consisting of 36 review articles and 87 empirical studies. The focus of this review is on the empirical studies. A further breakdown of these empirical studies reveals 11 books and monographs, 27 doctoral dissertations, 40 journal articles, and 9 book chapters. This intensity of research activity underscores the timeliness and importance of this research topic and highlights its maturity, which in turn calls for this systematic review.

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Language Teaching , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , October 2015 , pp. 436 - 470
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