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PREDNOSTI PROVEDBE E-KOLOKVIJA IZ ENGLESKOGA JEZIKA STRUKE
ADVANTAGES OF CONDUCTING AN ESP E-TEST

Author(s): Brankica Bošnjak Terzić, Olinka Breka, Snježana Kereković
Subject(s): Language studies, Foreign languages learning, Distance learning / e-learning
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Splitu
Keywords: e-course; e-test; e-evaluation; students’ attitudes; technical English;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents an e-course in technical English developed at the engineering faculty of the University of Zagreb, with a special focus on e-tests and the advantages of doing e-tests within an e-course. A survey was conducted with the aim to determine students’ attitudes towards the content offered in the e-course – i.e., additional online assignments to practise the material, being tested with an e-test at the end of the semester, and a pilot e-test – as well as to collect and analyse students’ feedback on their experiences with writing e-tests. The paper compares the students’ e-test results with the results obtained by a traditional pencil-and-paper test done a year earlier. The results of the study show that the students have a positive attitude towards e-evaluations and other activities offered in the e-course, which are all a form of formative assessment. The feedback students received after completing the additional assignments and the pilot e-test helped them become aware of the gap between their current knowledge and skills and the knowledge and skills needed to successfully complete the e-test.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 123-146
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Croatian
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