What is it about?
This paper examines whether Spanish secondary school teachers of English are ready to accept a computer-based version of the English test of the university entrance examination, studied within the PAULEX project. A total of 144 teachers answered a 130-item questionnaire; the paper focuses on their computer literacy and its relationship with their attitude towards the computer-based test.
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Almost half of the teachers (49.3%) had a positive attitude towards a computer-based test, 27.4% a negative one and 23.2% were unsure. Using computers for images and multimedia was more related to a positive attitude than simply having access to a computer. The results suggest that a computer-based exam is possible in Spain, but teachers first need workshops that show the usefulness of technology in the classroom.
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This paper, written with Jesús García Laborda within the PAULEX project, is part of my long-standing work on the English test of the Spanish university entrance examination and on computer-based testing.
Dr. Miguel Fernández Álvarez
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
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This page is a summary of: Teachers' interest in a computer EFL university entrance examination, British Journal of Educational Technology, October 2011, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8535.2011.01218.x.
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