Hughes: Testing for Language Teachers

Summary: Testing for Language Teachers by Hughes (Cambridge University Press (1989)). (Stub — expand from highlights.)

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Critical Thinking

“The backwash effect is the influence of testing on teaching and learning; we must decide if we are teaching for the test or for the mind.” (p. 1)