External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam

Spain is going through one of its most significant educational changes in the last 20 years. The change involves all the educational stages k-12 grade and it will entail a comprehensive exam at the end of high school. The score obtained on this exam will be used as the main criterion to compete for...

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Autores: García Laborda, Jesús|||0000-0003-0125-4611, Litzler Jerman, Mary Frances
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/57650
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:High School
Foreign Language
Testing
Washback
Speaking
HSLE
Filología
Philology
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title External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam
spellingShingle External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam
García Laborda, Jesús|||0000-0003-0125-4611
High School
Foreign Language
Testing
Washback
Speaking
HSLE
Filología
Philology
title_short External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam
title_full External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam
title_fullStr External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam
title_full_unstemmed External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam
title_sort External validation of the foreign language speaking tasks of the high school leaving exam
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv García Laborda, Jesús|||0000-0003-0125-4611
Litzler Jerman, Mary Frances
author García Laborda, Jesús|||0000-0003-0125-4611
author_facet García Laborda, Jesús|||0000-0003-0125-4611
Litzler Jerman, Mary Frances
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author2 Litzler Jerman, Mary Frances
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv High School
Foreign Language
Testing
Washback
Speaking
HSLE
Filología
Philology
topic High School
Foreign Language
Testing
Washback
Speaking
HSLE
Filología
Philology
description Spain is going through one of its most significant educational changes in the last 20 years. The change involves all the educational stages k-12 grade and it will entail a comprehensive exam at the end of high school. The score obtained on this exam will be used as the main criterion to compete for a place at the university level. One significant part of it is the foreign language section. This paper addresses differences between the speaking tasks of the current University Entrance Examination and the future High School Leaving Diploma. The paper compares theoretically and qualitatively a pilot study run by the Ministry of Education, Culture & Sports (MECD) on the use of speaking tasks in the University Entrance Examination with one undertaken by a large research group working together in the OPENPAU project (Reference FFI2011-22442 with ERDF co-financing) on the same matter. This paper intends to show that the scope of the MECD piloting project is limited compared to the OPENPAU group proposal. It is suggested that the MECD should redefine the test construct to reflect more the students? speaking proficiency test as in the OPENPAU project proposal.
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