Using online practice tests based on authentic short stories in English to enhance student language skills

Gergana Petkova; Vanya Ivanova

Using online practice tests based on authentic short stories in English to enhance student language skills

Publication date: 30.05.2022

Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2022, Volume 139, Issue 2, pp. 91 - 107

https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.22.006.15630

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Using online practice tests based on authentic short stories in English to enhance student language skills

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The purpose of this article is to explain the principle behind practice tests based on authentic short stories in English, describe their construction, and outline their application which aims to increase student knowledge and skills in a foreign language. The methodology employs digital practice tests created following a set of criteria for test development based on Bloom’s taxonomy. The results of the study indicate certain benefits of the practice tests: short stories introduce new vocabulary and the tests provide reinforcement, which both facilitates and motivates the students.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This paper is supported by grant MU21-FMI-015 from the NPD at the University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, financed by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This paper is supported by grant MU21-FMI-015 from the NPD at the University of Plovdiv “Paisii Hilendarski”, financed by the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science.

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e-learning, practice tests, digital tests, short stories, test criteria

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Information: Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, 2022, Volume 139, Issue 2, pp. 91 - 107

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/20834624SL.22.006.15630

Article type: Original article

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Using online practice tests based on authentic short stories in English to enhance student language skills

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Using online practice tests based on authentic short stories in English to enhance student language skills

Authors

Gergana Petkova

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7209-9765

Medical University of Plovdiv

Vanya Ivanova

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0043-8606

Plovdiv University “Paisii Hilendarski”, Bulgaria

Published at: 30.05.2022

Article status: Open

Licence: CC BY

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Gergana Petkova (Author) - 50%

Vanya Ivanova (Author) - 50%

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