Journal ArticleAuthors: Dinh, Thi Phuong Hoa (2020)
This study reports on the effects English proficiency test (EPT) (based on the Six-level Foreign language proficiency framework for Vietnam) for graduates on classroom teaching and learning activities. The study, known as the only research investigating washback in language education through classroom observation so far, explores the washback, the influence of testing on 9 teachers and 679 non-English major students. The study, conducted at the National University of Arts Education, combines classroom observation with data from interview, questionaire responses and document analysis to determine whether washback exists, to what degree it operates, and whether it is a positive or negat... 
