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Accommodating Teachers Attitudes Towards New Educational Testing Paradigms Through the OPENPAU Project

Jesús García LabordaAlfredo ÁLvarez ÁLvarezJosé González Such

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TestingPerspective (graphical)Psychological interventionLanguage acquisitionspeakingTeacher trainingEducational testingLanguage assessmentPedagogyEnglish second languageMathematics educationLanguage educationGeneral Materials ScienceAttitude changetest moderation.Psychology

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Abstract Testing is an issue of increasing importance. While for many teachers language learning should be communicative; in fact, they expect their students to provide evidence of their knowledge. Thus, there is a clear mismatch on the approach to language teaching and language testing. As a consequence, there is an evident need change the testing paradigms. Purpose of the paper: This paper suggests guidelines that are currently researched in the OPENPAU project to change the teachers’ perspective towards oral testing. Sources of Evidence: Evidence was obtained through the interaction of four expert teachers with experience in oral testing. Analysis and results: The study indicates that teachers’ should have positive interventions in tests rather than just trying to simply obtain data.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-06-01Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.613http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.613