ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES OF COMPUTER-BASED FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS ASSESSMENT (based on the experience of using testing tools of the Moodle learning platform)
Journal Title: Наукові записки Національного університету "Острозька академія" Серія "Філологія" - Year 2017, Vol 64, Issue 1
Abstract
The article deals with the issue of advisability and efficacy of administering computer-based testing (CBT) to assess students’ knowledge of foreign languages compared to the traditional paper-based testing. The research is based on the experience of using testing tools of the Moodle learning platform for the purpose of assessing foreign languages competences. The authors describe the procedure and analyze the results of the survey carried out among the professors and students of the National University of Ostroh Academy aimed at investigating their experience and attitude to both paper-based and computer-based language testing. The study reveals that professors, as well as students, prefer CBT despite the limited experience of using it. The article suggests five factors to consider when using testing tools of the learning platform: psychological and physiological comfort, technological capacity of the institution to support CBT, test structure and administration, and automated assessment and feedback. Not only do professors and students lack theoretical knowledge of the range of the tools the learning platform offers, but they also need more hands-on experience of using computer-assisted language testing. Advantages and challenges of CBT and peculiarities of the computerized foreign language tests have also been considered in the article. Paper and pencil testing is recommended for creative tasks and those which involve graphic symbols.
Authors and Affiliations
Л. М. Коцюк, Н. В. Ломінська
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP411957
- DOI -
- Views 78
- Downloads 0
PECULIARITIES OF COMPOUND WORDS IN ENGLISH ECONOMIC DISCOURSE
The article deals with the analysis of compound words in English economic discourse. The definition of the term «compound word» is given. The essence of economic discourse is specified. The phonetic peculiarities of comp...
EMOTIONAL COLORING OF PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS, DENOTING FEELINGS OF LOVE, IN JAPANESE AND UKRAINIAN LANGUAGES
Feelings of love have always been the main topic of creative work, people’s attention. As well as the phraseology. Much of phraseological units, denoting the human feelings, are those that represent love. However, these...
LEXICAL AND SEMANTIC NATURE OF NICKNAMES (BASED ON THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE)
The article deals with the main types of nicknames as onomastic units of the internet discourse that are used by a virtual language personality. Their lexical characteristics and semantic nature have been described and d...
FUNCTIONAL AND SYNERGETIC POTENTIAL OF THE ADDRESS SPEECH ETIQUETTE IN THE LITERARY POSTCOLONIAL TEXT
The article explores multifunctional nature of speech etiquette address units, viewed as linguistic attractors, through the prism of functional and synergetic approach in the synergetic speech etiquette system of English...
THE LINGUASTyLISTIC PECULIARITIES OF THE TALK-SHOW AS THE TV DISCOURSE GENRE
The cognitive organization, communicative-pragmatic content and genre specific of tvdiscourse are analyzed in the article. The factors of strategies and tactics influence in communicative situations of talk-shows in the...