An Empirical Study Into The Washback Of HSK On Chinese Learning Behaviors

Washback,refers to the influence of language testing,including individuals in micro level and society,education system in macro level.The present study investigated the washback of HSK on Chinese Learning Behaviors.The research objects are the Chinese learners of Wroclaw Confucius Irtstitute.This study addressed the following three research questions:(1)What is the washback of the HSK on Chinese learning behaviors in terms of learning attitudes,learning materials and learning strategies?(2)Are there any differences in students' learning behaviors washback from the dimension of personal extrinsic and intrinsic factors?(3)Are there any suggestions can be put forward to promote Chinese teaching from the results of previous two questions?Questionnaires and class observation are employed as the main research instruments,alongside with the follow-up interviews.Quantitative and qualitative research methods are used to analyzed the data.According the previous washback models and present research questions,the theoretical framework of this thesis was set up at the beginning.Through questionnaires and interview,to explore the washback of HSK on extracurricular learning behaviors.Through class observation,to survey the HSK washback on lesson learning behaviors.The questionnaires combined the existed ones with requirement of current research,sending out to Chinese learners in Wroclaw Confucius Institute by papery and electronic edition.There were 56 effective questionnaires being recycled.After giving out questionnaires,statistical analyses were computed,including descriptive statistics,t-test,one-way ANOVA,etc.Based on the result of questionnaires,interview outline was designed.There were 6 students were scheduled to interview for deep survey.The objects of class observation are Chinese department students in junior year of Wroclaw University.There are 14 students in this class,four of them would participate in HSK of the same date.Three types of lessons were recorded,then descriptive analyses and comparative analyses were performed.The findings of questionnaires and interview showed:HSK did give the washback on students' extracurricular learning behaviors and presented positive washback.As for the extent of three dimensions of washback performance,learning attitudes>learning strategies>learning materials.From the aspect of personal intrinsic factors,students' views of HSK is positive correlative with learning attitudes dimension of washback.The motivation of examination is positive correlative with learning materials dimension and learning strategy dimension of washback.Among the personal extrinsic factors,there were significant differences between different ages.As the result of class observation,HSK did not give the significant washback on students' lesson learning behaviors.The research made the further analyses of its reasons.In the end,thesis put forward some relevant advice to develop Chinese Teaching.