CHARACTERIZING ENGLISH ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS: AN OVERVIEW OF THEIR DESIGN

Claudio DÍaz Larenas; Alan Felipe Jara Díaz; Yesenia Ester Rosales Orellana; María José Sanhueza Villalón

doi:10.37135/chk.002.15.05

Authors

Claudio DÍaz Larenas Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-2378
Alan Felipe Jara Díaz Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-5222
Yesenia Ester Rosales Orellana Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1913-9363
María José Sanhueza Villalón Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4680-3207

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37135/chk.002.15.05

Keywords:

Evaluación, enseñanza, estudiantes, pruebas

Abstract

La evaluación tiende a estar asociada a estudiantes y aprendices; sin embargo, el término evaluación abarca tanto a profesores como estudiantes. Para entender el propósito de los instrumentos de evaluación del idioma es clave examinar a los diseñadores y sus preferencias. El objetivo de esta investigación es caracterizar 209 instrumentos de evaluación creados por profesores de inglés. Se trata de un estudio no experimental y descriptivo, que analiza los tipos de instrumentos, el nivel educativo, los sistemas y habilidades de la lengua inglesa, y el tipo y número de ítems. Dos de los más importantes hallazgos están relacionados con las preferencias que los profesores de inglés chilenos tienen hacia la evaluación tradicional y la tendencia a evaluar el vocabulario y la gramática; además, de preferir los test e ítems de completación de oraciones como los de uso más común.

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Author Biographies

Claudio DÍaz Larenas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Facultad de Educación, Departamento de Currículum e Instrucción
Alan Felipe Jara Díaz, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Facultad de Educación, Departamento de Currículum e Instrucción
Yesenia Ester Rosales Orellana, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Facultad de Educación, Departamento de Currículum e Instrucción
María José Sanhueza Villalón, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile.

Facultad de Educación, Departamento de Currículum e Instrucción

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