This study aimed to investigate the washback effect of three alternative assessment procedures, namely oral-conferences, portfolios, and corpora-based feedback on the writing achievement and attitudes of Iranian EFL university learners. The participants taking part in the study were 156 native Iranian students in a mixed Reading-Writing course. Through the two three-month semesters, the learner...

A symposium on Access and Care: Towards a National Oral Health Strategy was held May 13-15, 2004, in Toronto. The symposium's objectives were to develop key recommendations for a national oral health policy, and to identify knowledge, service and funding gaps in oral health. Dr. Dushanka Kleinman was the keynote speaker. A summary report of the symposium and selected presentations are available...