• Ashfaque Hussain Soomro

  Author

• Dr. Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah

  Author

‘Washback can be defined as the influence of testing on teaching and learning’
(Bailey, 1996: p 259). The present study inspects the effects of “Secondary School Certificate
Exam” (SSC) on English teachers in Tehsil Faiz Ganj Pakistan. This study aims to discover the
effects of test on High school teachers of English. The target population was teachers teaching
English classes at the high schools in Tehsil Faiz Ganj. A 16 scale items questionnaire was used
data collection. The questionnaire aimed at exploring how the SSC exams affected English
teachers’ methods selection in four domains: activity/ time arrangement, teaching methods,
materials teachers use in the class rooms and content teachers teach. The results of the study
revealed that the SSC exam has affected English teachers method selection. The findings also
indicated that Grammar Translation Method GTM is used by the teachers who teach English in
their classes.

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