Open AccessTowards a Moodle-based assessment of Algerian EFL students’ writing performance
Author(s) -
Kamila Ghouali,
Raúl Ruíz Cecilia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
porta linguarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2695-8244
pISSN - 1697-7467
DOI - 10.30827/portalin.vi36.17866
Subject(s) - ibm , test (biology) , english as a foreign language , mathematics education , control (management) , psychology , foreign language , computer science , artificial intelligence , paleontology , materials science , biology , nanotechnology
The present study examines the effect of a technology-based assessment on the writing performance of Algerian English Foreign Language (EFL) students. Forty-two first-year EFL at the English Department at Tlemcen University (Algeria) took part in the experiment. They were divided into an experimental group (n = 21) and a control group (n = 21). A pre-test and a post-test were used as research instruments before and after the administration of the treatment, respectively. The data were analysed quantitatively using IBM SPSS (20.0). The results revealed that the Moodle-based e-assessment had a significant effect on the performance of the experimental group. We argue that the proposed type of assessment had some pedagogical, practical, and emotional attributes that explained students’ improved scores. We also believe that the e-assessment acted as pedagogical teaching support to traditional evaluation.