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Garcia Laborda, Jesus – European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning (EUROCALL), 2008
In recent years, the Educational Testing System organisation has developed two models of the computer-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). However, the computerization of the test has shown a number of problems according to the testees' origin. This paper suggests some of these problems after conducting short interviews with four…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, High Stakes Tests, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
Garcia Laborda, Jesus – Online Submission, 2006
Computers have become a solution for many traditional problems from the kitchen to the school. It is not, therefore, uncommon to use them to solve existing problems. It is also quite frequent that different educational needs can lead to similar solutions. For instance, the Australian immigration services use a number of exams to allow the access…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, College Students, Testing, Language Tests
Garcia Laborda, Jesus – Online Submission, 2006
For a long time, much research has been devoted to the analysis, development and planning of language testing for specific purposes (Douglas, 2000; Skehan, 1984) and their communicative orientation (Davies, 2001). Unfortunately, very few teachers and instructors are fully aware of the incidental issues that should account for when designing in…
Descriptors: Tourism, Testing, Language Tests, Test Construction