Mobile learning is a continuation of e-learning, of learning with computers, something that took in the past century place only in schools, colleges and universities and in corporations, institutions with the expertise and resources necessary for working with scarce, expensive, fragile and difficult devices, to enhance and extend the existing curriculum. Nowadays, MALL is a continuation of CALL. It consists of learning languages with the aid of any mobile device, such as a tablet or a smart phone. In some cases, even mini portable computers are considered mobile devices, although we prefer to focus on actually mobile devices with a different operating system (Android or Apple), since the use of apps is the most distinguishing feature of this type of learning.
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On the Use of Rubrics to Evaluate Online English for Specific Purposes Learners: Comparing Teachers' and Students' Self-Perceptions
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8213-1.ch007
Abstract
This chapter presents the results of a preliminary study which consisted of (1) the design, and (2) preliminary testing of a series of automated assessment tools, which were used in a virtual course of English for Tourism, level B2, to promote students' learning autonomy and self-evaluation. These rubrics were used to assess two activities: a writing task, where students had to create an audio description script of a touristic video, and an oral task, where students had to record themselves and produce their own audio described sequence of the selected clip. Then, for each task they had to assess themselves by filling in two corresponding rubrics. These rubrics were also used by the tutors to assess the same tasks. After that, the results of the rubrics were compared. The preliminary results show that the rubrics helped students obtain better feedback and develop a more accurate sense of their own progress.