IJLLC | An investigation of Tertiary Level Teachers and Students’ Perception of CALT Computer-Assisted Language Testing in Tanzania

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An investigation of Tertiary Level Teachers and Students’ Perception of CALT Computer-Assisted Language Testing in Tanzania

Shafii Swai

International Journal of Language, Literature and Culture (IJLLC), Vol-1,Issue-2, September - October 2021, Pages 45-50, 10.22161/ijllc.1.2.5

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Article Info: Received: 15 Sep 2021, Received in revised form: 06 Oct 2021, Accepted: 14 Oct 2021, Available online: 22 Oct 2021

Abstract:

This is a qualitative study that aimed at investigating the tertiary level teachers’ and students’ perceptions of computer-assisted language testing. Furthermore, it aimed at investigating the advantages and disadvantages of CALT in the field of language testing in Tanzanian tertiary level education. The study will employ qualitative methods of research. The researcher used the interview method to collect data from 4 university-level students in Tanzania and two university teachers, the participant is 2 teachers and 4 students from the Open University of Tanzania who are taking language courses in the online-based system in their undergraduate program. The study will answer two research questions, what are the tertiary level students’ and teachers’ perceptions toward computer-assisted language testing? the question will be what are the advantages and disadvantages of CALT? what are the challenges facing teachers and students in sing computer-assisted language testing? The study will help in the improvement of Computer-assisted language testing (CALT) especially in this COVID19 period as the application of CALT became an alternative for classroom language assessment through the teachers' and students’ perception of the advantages and disadvantages of Computer-assisted language testing CALT will be revealed.

Keywords:

Code-switching, language of instruction, teaching-learning process, in public schools, Zanzibar

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