First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications
This chapter explores the effectiveness of computerised oral testing on Japanese learners’ test experiences and associated affective factors in a Japanese program at the Australian tertiary level. The study investigates (1) Japanese beginners’ attitudes towards the feasibility of utilising a comput...
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| author | Hasegawa, Hiroshi Chen, Julian Collopy, Teagan |
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| description | This chapter explores the effectiveness of computerised oral testing on Japanese learners’ test experiences and associated affective factors in a Japanese program at the Australian tertiary level. The study
investigates (1) Japanese beginners’ attitudes towards the feasibility of utilising a computer-generated
program vs. a tutor-fronted oral interview to assess their oral proficiency, and (2) the challenges and
implications of computerised oral testing vis-à-vis Japanese beginners. It presents the initial findings
of the qualitatively analysed data collected from student responses to open-ended survey questions and
follow-up semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis approach was employed to examine student
perceptions of the two different test settings and their effects on students’ oral performance in relation
to test anxiety. Despite the fact that computerised oral testing was overall perceived to be beneficial for
streamlining the test process and reducing learners’ test anxiety, the findings also identified its limitations. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-784452020-06-08T08:45:26Z First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications Hasegawa, Hiroshi Chen, Julian Collopy, Teagan Kruk, Mariusz Peterson, Mark This chapter explores the effectiveness of computerised oral testing on Japanese learners’ test experiences and associated affective factors in a Japanese program at the Australian tertiary level. The study investigates (1) Japanese beginners’ attitudes towards the feasibility of utilising a computer-generated program vs. a tutor-fronted oral interview to assess their oral proficiency, and (2) the challenges and implications of computerised oral testing vis-à-vis Japanese beginners. It presents the initial findings of the qualitatively analysed data collected from student responses to open-ended survey questions and follow-up semi-structured interviews. A thematic analysis approach was employed to examine student perceptions of the two different test settings and their effects on students’ oral performance in relation to test anxiety. Despite the fact that computerised oral testing was overall perceived to be beneficial for streamlining the test process and reducing learners’ test anxiety, the findings also identified its limitations. 2020 Book Chapter http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/78445 10.4018/978-1-7998-2591-3.ch010 IGI Global restricted |
| spellingShingle | Hasegawa, Hiroshi Chen, Julian Collopy, Teagan First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications |
| title | First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications |
| title_full | First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications |
| title_fullStr | First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications |
| title_short | First-Year Japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: Challenges and implications |
| title_sort | first-year japanese learners' perceptions of computerised vs. face-to-face oral testing: challenges and implications |
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