Washback factors and inference predictors in the Spanish University Examination: The OPENPAU Project (FFI2011-22442)

Background: University Entrance Examinations provide information the student?s opportunities to succeed in their academic university career. However, the current foreign language paper of the Spanish University Entrance Examination does no permit to obtain enough evidence to make academic inferences...

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Authors: García Laborda, Jesús|||0000-0003-0125-4611, Litzler Jerman, Mary Frances, González Such, José, Bakieva Karimova, Margarita, Otero de Juan, Nuria
Format: article
Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repository:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/57555
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/57555
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.004
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Filología
Philology
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Summary:Background: University Entrance Examinations provide information the student?s opportunities to succeed in their academic university career. However, the current foreign language paper of the Spanish University Entrance Examination does no permit to obtain enough evidence to make academic inferences. Purpose of Study: The purpose of this study was to determine if the new test would serve for these objectives according to the students? needs and expected use of the language. Sources of Evidence: Based on Chapelle (2007) and García Laborda (2010). Analysis and results: Primary findings indicate that the test requires a deep revision in the test items, task typology and, overall, the test definition