Thesis Chapters by Erman Akbudak
Today the use of computer technology, in the field of language assessment and testing, has become... more Today the use of computer technology, in the field of language assessment and testing, has become so widespread and encompassing that it is considered as an inseparable part of modern education system. With the help of advanced computing algorithms in psychometrics and second language testing, the realm of computer adaptive language testing (CALT) is constantly reforming itself to enhance test reliability, validity and practicality. This paper aims to highlight an overall description of CALT in comparison with the traditional paper-based tests, its theoretical background, two second language examinations as well as the pros and cons involved in scoring and administering adaptive language assessment. Since technology is a challenging task, particularly computer and foreign language teaching and learning, it will explore the challenges of CALT relating to the EFL classrooms.
A Comparison of the Two Plays: Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Osborne's Look Back in Anger Contemporary British Drama, 2010
The use of language play to escape from the reality of either unfair or meaningless world is the ... more The use of language play to escape from the reality of either unfair or meaningless world is the dominant characteristics of the absurdist play Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett (1949, original name “En attendant Godot”) and the realist play Look Back in Anger, John Osborne (1956). In Beckett’s play, the only meaningful action is to pass the time with word or action games that have no purpose and function (hat-passing). They also stress that human is ridiculously living for no intent since life already plays some tricks on us with the time. In Osborne’s work, the game is the only way to ‘escape from the reality’ of social injustice and dissatisfaction in marriages, such as the game of game of bear and squirrel.
Key Words: Theatre of the Absurd, Realism, British History, Beckett, Angry Young Men
Native-speakerism (NS) is a term defined by Holliday as a spreading principle which says that na... more Native-speakerism (NS) is a term defined by Holliday as a spreading principle which says that native-speakers only can provide the ‘Western Culture’ in teaching English and through all the methodologies of English language. It provokes that English is taught best by the native speakers of English by imposing the ‘Western’ culture both for the native speakers and the non-native speakers of English, both in ESL and EFL contexts...
Papers by Erman Akbudak
Today the use of computer technology, in the field of language assessment and testing, has become... more Today the use of computer technology, in the field of language assessment and testing, has become so widespread and encompassing that it is considered as an inseparable part of modern education system. With the help of advanced computing algorithms in psychometrics and second language testing, the realm of computer adaptive language testing (CALT) is constantly reforming itself to enhance test reliability, validity and practicality. This paper aims to highlight an overall description of CALT in comparison with the traditional paper-based tests, its theoretical background, two second language examinations as well as the pros and cons involved in scoring and administering adaptive language assessment. Since technology is a challenging task, particularly computer and foreign language teaching and learning, it will explore the challenges of CALT relating to the EFL classrooms.
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Thesis Chapters by Erman Akbudak
Key Words: Theatre of the Absurd, Realism, British History, Beckett, Angry Young Men
Papers by Erman Akbudak
Key Words: Theatre of the Absurd, Realism, British History, Beckett, Angry Young Men