Ergonomics factors in English as a foreign language testing: The case of PLEVALEX

Computers and Education

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 384-391

  Laborda, Jesus Garcia ^a   Magal Royo, Teresa ^a   de Siqueira Rocha, Jose Macario ^b   Fernández Álvarez, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

English as a foreign language; English assessment; Ergonomics; Online learning; Oral; Written

Indexed keywords

E-LEARNING; STUDENTS;

COMPUTER TOOL DESIGN; ENGLISH ASSESSMENT; ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE; INTERFACE DESIGNS; INTERNET BASED; LANGUAGE TESTING; ONLINE LEARNING; ORAL; VALENCIA (SPAIN); WRITTEN;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 71649095488     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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