Study for the validation of two instruments for the evaluation of foreign language learning websites
Keywords:
aprendizaje de segundas lenguas, competencia digital, competencia lingüística, evaluación de webs, validación instrumento de análisisAbstract
Language learning, as we know it today, has experienced a Copernican turn that - among other reasons - finds its roots in an unprecedented technological revolution, the creation of real communicative contexts, students’ motivation and need to learn new languages,and the ubiquity of learning. These factors make the combination of linguistic and digital competences a key construct of the learningprocess, which enables learners to access new access tools, platforms and online environments. The research project entitled “LinguApp: Asegurando el acceso al aprendizaje universal e inclusivo de segundas lenguas”, funded by Fundación Pública Andaluza Centro de Estudios Andaluces (Andalusian Regional Government), planned the development and validation of two instruments devoted to the assessment of websites for language learning. The first instrument evaluates the technical characteristics of the websites. The second instrument assesses more specifically which language skills are developed and how this process takes place by focusing on the contents andactivities that the given website offers. This paper presents the statistical results of the design and validation process, and concludes that this type of tools can decisively contribute to the development of research in this area, where technology has substantially modified theprocess of learning and teaching second languages.
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