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Title: Exploring 'DIALANG''s Diagnostic Feedback in Online L2 Dynamic Assessment
Language: English
Authors: Ebadi, Saman
Source: Teaching English with Technology. 2016 16(1):41-58.
Availability: IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group / University of Nicosia / Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Ul. J. Sowinskiego 17, 20-041 Lublin, Poland. Web site: http://tewtjournal.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 2016
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Psychometrics, Web Based Instruction, Synchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Structural Grammar, English (Second Language), College Second Language Programs, Language Tests, Computer Assisted Testing, Diagnostic Tests, Transcripts (Written Records), Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: Iran
ISSN: 1642-1027
Abstract: Dynamic assessment (DA) as an alternative to psychometric-based testing focuses on the collaborative dialogue between the learners and the mediator to move the learners from their current capabilities. This study represents a web-based qualitative inquiry in online DA which aims at addressing the inadequacy of the diagnostic feedback of the web-based "DIALANG" test in reflecting learners' potentials for future development. Applying microgenetic analysis as the general framework for data analysis, this study intended to uncover two university students' zone of proximal development (ZPD) of English grammar structures through mediation in a synchronous computer mediated communication (SCMC) context. The findings of this study revealed the shortcomings of "DIALANG" test results and diagnostic feedback, which are not attuned to the learners' ZPD, and the effectiveness of online DA mediation, which can highlight the learners' microgenetic developmental trajectory to obtain a richer and more accurate understanding of the learners' potential level of future development.
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