The Backwash Effects of The General Aptitude Test (English Part) Examination on English Learning Management of EFL Teachers and Students in Secondary School.

Abstract

The purposes of this study were 1. to investigate the backwash effect of the General Aptitude Test (GAT) with specific to the English part on English teaching management of EFL teachers and 2. to investigate the backwash effect of the GAT (English part) on English learning management of Matthayom Suksa 6 students.The samples participated in this study included 420 Matthayom Suksa 6 students and 40 EFL teachers in the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 3, selected by simple random sampling. The research tools included two adopted questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The results of this study were: 1) The GAT examinations have influenced EFL teachers in English teaching management in the aspects of teaching activities and methods, teaching materials, and teaching content which is positive effect. And 2) the backwash effect of the GAT (English part) on Matthayom Suksa 6 students is mainly on their attitudes and perceptions which is considered to be negative backwash.