Publication details
Testing and Mediation: What if the Test-takers Think outside the Box?
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
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| Description | Linguistic mediation appears to be a feasible test task in the fight to combat online cheating in tests for B2 students. It can be especially relevant in different areas of ESP where students need to be able to explain terms to lay people because when mediating, language needs to be adjusted; definitions cannot be copied and pasted. The difficulty, however, comes when the task is to be evaluated. As mediation affords a considerable freedom to the test-taker, some of the answers may be unexpected, inappropriate or simply incorrect. Can CEFR help us to assess these answers fairly? Where do we draw the line between what is still acceptable and what is not? |