Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.38003/zrffs.15.7
Advantages of Conducting an ESP E-Test
Brankica Bošnjak Terzić
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Olinka Breka
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Snježana Kereković
orcid.org/0000-0003-1939-5404
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
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.
Keywords
e-course; e-test; e-evaluation; students’ attitudes; technical English
Hrčak ID:
287403
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Publication date:
17.12.2022.
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