Review of Journal Articles on Washback in Language Testing in Turkey (2010-2017)

Toksöz, İsmet; Kılıçkaya, Ferit

doi:10.17951/lsmll.2017.41.2.184

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“…As Hatipoğlu (2016) puts it, "every change related to the testing system in a country has complex impact in a number of directions on its educational system" (p. 142). Accordingly, Toksöz and Kılıçkaya (2017) highlight the importance of focusing on test takers' views and suggestions about these tests. In fact, this is what our study attempts to do: listen to the voices of English language teacher educators and student teachers to view the FKT critically to investigate its influence on test takers' personal and academic lives.…”

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The power of language tests In Turkish context: A critical study

Karataş

Okan

2019

Dil Ve Dilbilimi Çalışmaları Dergisi

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High-stakes tests are often introduced to bring about change on educational practices and thus lead to pedagogical reform. The Field Knowledge Test (FKT) for teacher candidates of English in Turkey is an example of such an attempt. This study aims to giving voice to English language teacher educators and student teachers to view the FKT critically to investigate if it has brought about the intended changes and its impact on its main stakeholders. The study, first, presents Critical Language Testing (CLT). Then, it gives information on the context of the study. Data collection for the study involved 153 test takers and 23 teacher educators working at ELT Departments in Turkey. Two open-ended questionnaires were used to survey participants' perceptions of the FKT in terms of its impact on the nature of education they receive, their attitudes and feelings and also on their academic and personal lives. Analysis of data paved the way for further studies on how high stakes tests might or might not be efficient agents of change in various educational contexts.

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The power of language tests In Turkish context: A critical study

Karataş

Okan

2019

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“…Therefore, rather than just asking and following the meaning of a word given in isolated forms, instructors need to value the importance of using contexts to present novel words. Linguistic contexts, in particular, enhance learners' ability to utilize morphonological along with lexical rules, which are valued as instruments to facilitate understanding of the meaning and the form of the target words and collocations (Keyvanfar & Arya, 2009;McCarthy & O'Keeffe, 2010;Toksöz & Kılıçkaya, 2017). Accordingly, this study shows the degree of effectiveness of two modes of vocabulary test practice manipulations (multiple-choice-item test practice and production test practice) on students' lexical collocation learning.…”

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A Comparative Study on the Effects of Multiple-choice vs. Sentence-writing Modes of Test Practice Manipulation on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Collocation Learning

Shabani

Dogolsara

2021

IJREE

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Within the realm of lexis, the area of collocation is of prime importance to producing natural-sounding language for anyone learning a foreign language. This study aimed at investigating the effects of two modes of sentence writing versus multiple-choice test practice manipulation on Iranian intermediate EFL learners' lexical collocation learning. For this purpose, to ensure the homogeneity of the participants, Preliminary English Test (PET) was administered to 87 students studying English at two English institutes of Ofoghhaye Nour and Nourmahdi in Roudsar, Guilan, through which 60 students were selected as the target participants. They were intermediate students with the age range between 17 and 23. They were then divided into two equal comparison groups: Sentence-writing Group (SRG) and Multiplechoice Group (MCG). A piloted pretest of lexical collocation was administered to both groups. Then both groups underwent a 7-session treatment. SRG was treated by the virtue of sentence-writing practice for the target collocations, and MCG was instructed through recognition practice, here multiple-choice practice. After the treatment period, the same version of lexical collocation test was administered to both groups as posttest to examine the effectiveness of the treatments. The results of paired-samples and independent samples t-tests indicated that both groups had collocation gains but the effectiveness of multiple-choice test manipulation on learners' lexical collocation outweighed that of the sentence-writing mode of test practice manipulation. The implications and recommendations were also presented.

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“…The results suggest that the majority of the participants complained that WF items required the knowledge of syntax and morphology since through this knowledge it was possible to determine the correct part of speech. Moreover, since the participants were not used to be assessed through productive knowledge (Toksöz & Kılıçkaya, 2017), it was possible that they found gap-fill and WF more…”

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Assessing L2 vocabulary through multiple-choice, matching, gap-fill, and word formation items

Kılıçkaya

2019

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The current study aims to determine the effect of multiple-choice, matching, gap-fill and word formation items used in assessing L2 vocabulary on learners’ performance and to obtain the learners’ views regarding the use of these types of items in vocabulary assessment. The convenience sampling method was selected, and the participants of the study included 30 freshmen enrolled in the General English course offered in the Department of Public Administration at a state university in Turkey. The main findings revealed that the participants considered the multiple-choice and matching items were easy to understand and to answer and that gap-fill and word formation items were difficult<br />due to several reasons.

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Review of Journal Articles on Washback in Language Testing in Turkey (2010-2017)

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

The power of language tests In Turkish context: A critical study

The power of language tests In Turkish context: A critical study

A Comparative Study on the Effects of Multiple-choice vs. Sentence-writing Modes of Test Practice Manipulation on Intermediate EFL Learners’ Collocation Learning

Assessing L2 vocabulary through multiple-choice, matching, gap-fill, and word formation items

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