Students’ opinions about ubiquitous delivery of standardized English exams

  1. Litzler, Mary F. 1
  2. Jesús García Laborda 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Alcalá
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    Universidad de Alcalá

    Alcalá de Henares, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04pmn0e78

Revista:
Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras

ISSN: 1697-7467

Año de publicación: 2016

Título del ejemplar: Innovating in the didactic second language scenario: new mobile, open and social models

Número: 1

Páginas: 99-110

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.30827/DIGIBUG.54093 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Porta Linguarum: revista internacional de didáctica de las lenguas extranjeras

Resumen

Este artículo trata sobre los resultados de un estudio llevado a cabo con 218 alumnos en su último curso de escuela secundaria para determinar sus opiniones sobre la posibilidad de utilizar tabletas informáticas para la realización de un examen estandarizado de inglés. Los resultados del cuestionario revelan una tendencia positiva hacia el uso de la plataforma y la aplicación, en particular en lo referente a la organización y jerarquía del examen y hasta cierto punto la naturaleza intuitiva del examen. Sin embargo, se observó un alto grado de indecisión hacia los efectos previsibles del uso de este medio de realización.

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