Developing the Simulation-Based Assessment Task for Aviation English: An Evidence-Centered Design

• In Event: 16.033 - Uses of Simulation

Abstract

The present study aims to demonstrate the process of developing aviation English assessment tasks mediated in an online simulation environment in the context of military army aviation. The study was informed by Evidence-Centered Design for educational measurement, target language use (TLU) situation analysis, and task-based needs analysis. Adopting mixed-methods techniques, the study collected both quantitative and qualitative evidence to investigate (a) the core skills, knowledge, abilities, and processes required for successful aviation English communication; (b) authentic tasks that could represent the TLU situations; and (c) experts’ perceptions of prototype online simulation aviation English tasks. The researcher believes that the use of online simulation environments could dramatically improve language assessment by allowing the observation of test takers’ use of situated cognition.

Author

• Moonyoung Park, Chinese University of Hong Kong