This paper resulted from a poster presented at the 24th Annual AIA Conference (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica), held at the Faculty of Humanities, University Rome Tre, 1-3 October 2009. As coordinator for the new computer-based examinations in two of the largest subscribed faculties in the Sapienza University of Rome, Economics and Law, the author describes the processes involved in the creation of specialized tests for ESP, namely English for Economics and Business, and Legal English, respectively. The results to date, reported in the article, demonstrate a high degree of reliability and construct validity.

Testing times: evaluation tools and technologies for English examining in non-humanistic Faculties / Bowker, Janet; R., Barone. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 575-583. (Intervento presentato al convegno Challenges for the 21st Century: Dilemmas, Ambiguities, Directions tenutosi a Università di Roma Tre, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Roma nel 1-3 ottobre 2009).

Testing times: evaluation tools and technologies for English examining in non-humanistic Faculties

BOWKER, Janet;
2011

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This paper resulted from a poster presented at the 24th Annual AIA Conference (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica), held at the Faculty of Humanities, University Rome Tre, 1-3 October 2009. As coordinator for the new computer-based examinations in two of the largest subscribed faculties in the Sapienza University of Rome, Economics and Law, the author describes the processes involved in the creation of specialized tests for ESP, namely English for Economics and Business, and Legal English, respectively. The results to date, reported in the article, demonstrate a high degree of reliability and construct validity.
2011
Challenges for the 21st Century: Dilemmas, Ambiguities, Directions
computer-based language testing; ESP evaluation; reliability; construct validity
04 Pubblicazione in atti di convegno::04b Atto di convegno in volume
Testing times: evaluation tools and technologies for English examining in non-humanistic Faculties / Bowker, Janet; R., Barone. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 575-583. (Intervento presentato al convegno Challenges for the 21st Century: Dilemmas, Ambiguities, Directions tenutosi a Università di Roma Tre, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Roma nel 1-3 ottobre 2009).
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