An investigation into the effect of the Skills for Life Strategy on assessment and classroom practices in ESOL teaching in England

An investigation into the effect of the Skills for Life Strategy on assessment and classroom practices in ESOL teaching in England

This study investigates the impact of the Skills for Life Strategy (2001) on assessment practices in ESOL teaching in England, and whether these assessments resulted in any washback. In this qualitative study, the Henrichsen (1989) model of the diffusion of innovation acted as the framework to explo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Horák, Tania Caroline
Published:	Lancaster University 2012
Subjects:	428.24 Applied linguistics
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.654749

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