Teaching is a process and it involves many factors in the teaching and learning process. The important factors which influence teaching learning process are- motivation and needs of the learner, classroom environment, teacher knowledge, teaching aids, administration, testing or examination, etc. Testing is a very essential aspect which can affect positively or negatively the teaching/learning process. Though testing is widely used around the world for different purposes, the aspect of testing in language teaching-learning is for the purpose of effective learning and assessment.
The testing has been there at UG level in Telangana since the beginning of the formal English education and it has been changing from time to time in terms of approaches, …show more content…
Alderson and Wall (1993) define backwash as “the effect of a test on teaching and learning process. “It can effect positively or negatively the teaching-learning process. A positive wash back is the product of good test and negative washback is the product of bad test. A good test is always valid and reliable which measures what it is intended to measure. A good test is always beneficial and yields good results whereas the bad test is always harmful and detrimental for good learning. It also affects the mode and methods of teaching and learning process. Therefore, a good test which has validity and reliability is essential in the teaching-learning process. Therefore, most of the ELT experts, especially Heaton (1990), Harold Madson (1983) and Luoma (2005) opine that testing is essential for better teaching. Without testing, teachers teaching or learners understanding cannot be measured. Measuring such teaching or learning is very essential and it also has a positive effect on teaching learning process. Therefore, as there is a need to teach/learn spoken or oral English at UG level there must be valid and reliable speaking tests too. Speaking tests will certainly have their backwash or washback effect on teaching and learning of speaking …show more content…
It can be understood that most teachers are teaching for the testing.
• Interestingly, three are 25 marks for the internal examination. Even in the internal exams learners write pencil and paper tests which are content based examinations.
• Teaching is for testing: Throughout the course leaners just read and reproduce the answers. With these examinations neither the teachers nor the learners are happy because the ultimate goal is just securing the good marks in the exam, not really learning the language.
• Almost 80% of the teachers do not believe in the tests that help the learners to learn language better. Teacher as well as learners see tests as irrelevant in terms of learning
• A lot of weightage is given to only reading and writing in all the exams ( internal exams and board exams) learner are indirectly forced to focus their attention on reading and writing rather than actual speaking and communication.
• One of the teachers said that since he did not attend any speaking test, he is not conducting any such tests for his
The testing has been there at UG level in Telangana since the beginning of the formal English education and it has been changing from time to time in terms of approaches, …show more content…
Alderson and Wall (1993) define backwash as “the effect of a test on teaching and learning process. “It can effect positively or negatively the teaching-learning process. A positive wash back is the product of good test and negative washback is the product of bad test. A good test is always valid and reliable which measures what it is intended to measure. A good test is always beneficial and yields good results whereas the bad test is always harmful and detrimental for good learning. It also affects the mode and methods of teaching and learning process. Therefore, a good test which has validity and reliability is essential in the teaching-learning process. Therefore, most of the ELT experts, especially Heaton (1990), Harold Madson (1983) and Luoma (2005) opine that testing is essential for better teaching. Without testing, teachers teaching or learners understanding cannot be measured. Measuring such teaching or learning is very essential and it also has a positive effect on teaching learning process. Therefore, as there is a need to teach/learn spoken or oral English at UG level there must be valid and reliable speaking tests too. Speaking tests will certainly have their backwash or washback effect on teaching and learning of speaking …show more content…
It can be understood that most teachers are teaching for the testing.
• Interestingly, three are 25 marks for the internal examination. Even in the internal exams learners write pencil and paper tests which are content based examinations.
• Teaching is for testing: Throughout the course leaners just read and reproduce the answers. With these examinations neither the teachers nor the learners are happy because the ultimate goal is just securing the good marks in the exam, not really learning the language.
• Almost 80% of the teachers do not believe in the tests that help the learners to learn language better. Teacher as well as learners see tests as irrelevant in terms of learning
• A lot of weightage is given to only reading and writing in all the exams ( internal exams and board exams) learner are indirectly forced to focus their attention on reading and writing rather than actual speaking and communication.
• One of the teachers said that since he did not attend any speaking test, he is not conducting any such tests for his