The washback effects of the Japanese university entrance examinations of English : classroom-based research

It is commonplace to assert that the Japanese university entrance examinations dominate the whole educational system and practice in Japan. There are critics who even go so far as to claim that the exams are so powerful that if the exams were to change, innovation in education would automatically fo...

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Main Author: Watanabe, Yoshinori
Published: Lancaster University 1997
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389858