The Sociocultural Activity of High Stakes Standardised Language Testing TOEIC Washback in a South Korean Context /

• Main Author: Booth, Dawn Karen (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: English Language Education, 12
• Subjects: Assessment.; Language and education.; Applied linguistics.; Language policy.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Language Education.; Applied Linguistics.; Language Policy and Planning.

This book explores the influence of high stakes standardised testing within the context of South Korea. South Korea is regarded as a shining example of success in educational achievement and, as this book reveals, pressurised standardised testing has been a major contributing factor to its success....