Wash-back effect of Iranian students’ pre-university English textbook and university entrance examinations: Teachers-based perspectives

In this study, we investigated the possible wash-back effect of the university entrance exam as a high-stakes test and the pre-university English textbook. A 16-item teacher's perspective questionnaire was given to 40 female and male teachers teaching at pre-university schools in Education Dist...

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Veröffentlicht in:	African Educational Research Journal 2018-12, Vol.6 (4), p.303-316
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