Open AccessPreliminary design of an Initial Test of Integrated Skills within TRADILEX: an ongoing project on the validity of audiovisual translation tools in teaching English
Author(s) -
Pilar Couto-Cantero,
Mariona SabatéCarrové,
Carmen Gómez Pérez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
research in education and learning innovation archives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2659-9031
DOI - 10.7203/realia.27.20634
Subject(s) - test (biology) , competence (human resources) , needs analysis , engineering design process , computer science , christian ministry , engineering management , scope (computer science) , remedial education , mathematics education , engineering , psychology , political science , mechanical engineering , social psychology , paleontology , law , biology , programming language
This article shows the preliminary design process for a tailor-made Initial Test of Integrated Skills (ITIS) specially adapted to the needs of TRADILEX, a project (2020-2023) funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities to study the scope and validity of using audiovisual translation (AVT) tools to develop communicative competence in a foreign language. We also design a complete virtual AVT-based teaching platform that will help to promote faster and better EFL learning. In this paper we present one of the project’s initial stages, i.e. the ITIS design and the methodological framework for the design process from draft stage to final product. The draft pilot ITIS was tested by specialists, who produced a series of reports and anticipated several potential problems that occurred when the test was carried out. We pay special attention to the changes and improvements made to the draft ITIS as well as its three-stage process and remedial measures. The validity of the ITIS is currently being tested with a pilot group. The ITIS will be complemented with a Final Test of Integrated Skills (FITIS), which is currently underway.