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The Washback Effect of College English Test Band 4 in Three Application-oriented Universities

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DOI: 10.23977/gefhr.2019.048

Author(s)

Tiancheng Zhang

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Tiancheng Zhang

ABSTRACT

College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) is one of the most important and high-stake English tests in China and its washback effect on test takers and teachers deserves great attention and intensive research. After taking the methods of questionnaire and semi -structured interview with 300 students and 10 teachers from three application-oriented universities in Xi’an, the author points out that CET-4’s positive washback on students far outweighs its negative side and it also affects classroom teaching with teachers usually devoting class hours to training test-taking skills.

KEYWORDS

College English Test Band 4, classroom teaching, training test-taking skills

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