“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. |