What is it about?
Standardised language tests are part of the Spanish education system, but their current model has little to do with real language use: it does not consider the shift from paper to computer, information search or multimodal communication. This theoretical paper proposes a new construct for language testing that includes these functions, and the design of an online multimodal exam adapted to the new needs of the university entrance examination.
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Why is it important?
Starting from a review of current research that shows the need to change the construct, the paper proposes a model for this high-stakes exam based on a new view of language proficiency and multimodal interaction in computer-based exams. This model could change the way technology-based exams are understood and could be applied to most current exams.
Perspectives
This paper, written with Jesús García Laborda and Teresa Magal-Royo, continues my work on the English test of the Spanish university entrance examination, which I have studied since my doctoral thesis.
Dr. Miguel Fernández Álvarez
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
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This page is a summary of: Underrepresentation of the construct in Spanish standardized foreign language exams: a computer assisted exam proposal, Porta Linguarum Revista Interuniversitaria de Didáctica de las Lenguas Extranjeras, January 2022, Editorial de la Universidad de Granada,
DOI: 10.30827/portalin.vi.21393.
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