• DocumentCode
    526576
  • Title

    Research on the computer-based college English test system in China

  • Author

    Guiran, Guo ; Shuli, Zhao

  • Author_Institution
    Foreign Languages Teaching Dept., Hebei Univ. of Econ. & Bus., Shijiazhuang, China
  • Volume
    7
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    9-11 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    587
  • Lastpage
    589
  • Abstract
    Computer-based college English test is one of the important ingredients in the reform of college English teaching and learning in China, which is based on communicative testing theories and represents the future trend of college English tests. This paper systematically studies the computer-based college English test, compares it with the traditional paper-and-pencil-based test, finding out its advantages and the characteristics of its item bank, and its backwash effects on college English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching in China.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; natural languages; teaching; China; English teaching; backwash effect; communicative testing; computer based college English test system; foreign language teaching; paper and pencil based test; Computers; Educational institutions; Periodic structures; Servers; Computer-based college English test; backwash effect; communicative testing; paper-and-pencil based test;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT), 2010 3rd IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chengdu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5537-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCSIT.2010.5564624
  • Filename
    5564624