The Backwash Effect of CETs on Language Education in a Broader Sense

CET4 and CET6 (combined asCETsin thispaper) have played and are still playing undeniable rolesin motivating English teaching and learning as well as providing a unified standard according to which most universities and colleges can compare with each other. However, in the recent years, a voice blaring their disadvantages has become louder and louder. This paper joins in the voice and expose their negative backwash effects on not only language education in colleges and universities but also on the activities...     

The BackWash Effect of CETs on Lanauage Education in a Broader Sense

CET4 and CET6 （combined as CETs in this paper） have played and are still playing undeniable roles in motivating English teaching and learning as well as providing a unified standard according to which most universities and colleges can compare with each other. However, in the recent years, a voice blaring their disadvantages has become louder and louder. This paper joins in the voice and expose their negative backwash effects on not only language education in colleges and universities but also on the activities of other institutions and organizations which are directly or indirectly involved in language training. This is what it means by ＂Language Education in a Broader Sense＂ in the tide of this paper. Some improvements have been suggested in the end.