WASHBACK IN LANGUAGE TEACHING ASSESSMENT

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Smirnova Viktoriya Yurevna
Teacher, English Department, ‘Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers’ National Research University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Kholmurodova Ezoza Khasanovna
Teacher, English Department, ‘Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers’ National Research University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Abstract

 “Washback” (alternatively “backwash”) is a term used in education to describe the influence, whether beneficial or damaging, of an assessment on the teaching and learning that precedes and prepares for that assessment. The purpose of this scientific work is to comment on the use of "Washback" used as a type of assessment in language teaching and its important aspects.


 

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Vol. 2 No. 4 (2023): International journal of advanced research in education, technology and management
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