Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
9th International KTUDELL Conference, Trabzon, Türkiye, 25 - 26 Eylül 2023, ss.242-250
With the extensive adoption of online education during the COVID-19 pandemic and the integration of technology into foreign language teaching contexts, online assessment has made great strides in recent years. Due to changes in teaching practices in the so-called ‘new normal’education system, the need for online assessment of students' language skills has arisen. The current study focusing specifically on online language education in tertiary settings investigates Turkish EFL instructors’ online assessment practices and their perceptions of online assessment literacy. 45 Turkish EFL instructors working in different universities participated in an online open-ended 18-item questionnaire. The demographic information of the participants was obtained through 5 close-ended items. The study, designed in a qualitative research orientation, was grounded on content analysis to investigate the teachers’ general opinions about online language assessment and their experiences in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic and later on. The study revealed that the need for online assessment increased at time of the crisis and that instructors have adapted to the process by showing progress and engagement in online assessment of productive skills during this period.