September 8, 2014
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TESOL 2014 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION & ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXPO: BEST OF AFFILIATES SESSIONS
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM AN ONLINE SITE: READING EXAMS
Maria Teresa Mallén, ANUPI

“With a Little Help From an Online Site: Reading Exams” presented the characteristics and aims of a new resource designed by three teacher-researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in order to help undergraduate students prepare for a required reading comprehension exam. Besides practicing with sample tests, at this site, students can also reflect on different strategies used in reading comprehension and on the skills needed to answer exams successfully (how to manage time, use a dictionary, and solve different types of exercises such as cloze, multiple choice, and true or false).The site has a playful touch, since it was designed as if it were a trip on which students can choose from four different routes (vocabulary, linguistic knowledge, strategies, and types of exams) to get to their final destination: passing the exam. Some interesting information on the design process, the piloting phase, and its results was shared in the presentation.


María Teresa Mallén holds a BA in literature and a master´s degree in applied linguistics. She has worked as an English teacher and researcher at the Foreign Language Center at-UNAM, México, since 1987. She has been involved in several research projects on evaluation, distance learning, and culture and language teaching.
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