تاثیر آزمون بر کتب درسی آمادگی آزمون FCE: مقایسه ی ادراک معلمان و یادگیرندگان

چکیده

مطالعه حاضر به بررسی تاثیر آزمونFCE  بر کتب درسی  و مواد آموزشی آمادگی آزمون از منظر معلمان و یادگیرندگان می پردازد. بدین منظور پنجاه معلم FCE و پنجاه یادگیرنده FCE از موسسات زبان مختلف تهران انتخاب شدند. جهت جمع آوری داده های کمی، از پرسشنامه سنجش کتب و مواد آموزشی آزمون  FCE  استفاده شد. پس از آن مصاحبه ای ساختار یافته با ده معلم FCE و ده یادگیرنده FCE انجام شد. نتایج تحقیق نشان داد که کتب درسی و مواد آموزشی آزمون FCE  موارد مورد نیاز آزمون را از نظر محتوا، آزمون، وظایف، و فعالیتها منعکس کرده است؛ همانطور که شرکت کننذگان در دوره های آمادگی آزمون FCE  بر موارد مورد نیاز آزمون و مهارتهای اساسی متمرکز بودند. نتایج حاصل از آزمون یو من ویتنی (Mann-Whitney U Test) به طور قابل توجهی نشان داد که تفاوت معناداری بین ادراک کل تاثیر آزمون بر کتب درسی یادگیرندگان و معلمان وجود دارد. با توجه به نقش محوری معلمان در آماده سازی یادگیرندگان در امتحان واقعی FCE، آنها درک عمیق­تری در مورد الزامات مورد نیاز آزمون FCE ، ساز و کار، و اهداف آن داشتند. با این وجود، یادگیرندگان نظرات خاص خود را در مورد آزمون FCE  و تاثیر آن بر کتب درسی FCE  داشتند. به طور کلی نتایج این مطالعه نشان داد که تاثیر آزمون بر کتب درسی آزمون FCE  مثبت می باشد.

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