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EIT INITIAL TESTING RESULTS Partner meeting 5 Valencia Sept 8-9. Testing in Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania Austria – no target group; material and portal evaluation by IFS IT students, IT specialists and teachers Feedback by partners.
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Testing in Spain, Cyprus, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania Austria – no target group; material and portal evaluation by IFS IT students, IT specialists and teachers Feedback by partners
Spain:, 18 IT students, 8 IT professionals, 2 English teachers Cyprus: 35 students, 5 faculty members Poland WSB: 5 students, 5 IT specialists and 5 teachers Slovakia: 45 students Lithuania VU: Lithuania VBC: 20 IT students, 4 IT professionals, 4 English teachers
What’s good about EIT? • Materials very IT oriented • Suitable for independent learning • Learn not only English, but new things in IT • Variety of tasks/activities (also Internet based) • Level A2 kept • Text to speech tool (IVONA)
What to improve? Learning materials: • Introduce explanations and examples at the start of the tasks • Introduce learning aims of the week • Provide feedback to the tasks • Introduce collaborative tasks • Include speaking activities • Course map at the beginning of the course
What to improve? Portal: • Design – colours, structure, space balance, unnecessary items, links, etc. • Navigation – to see where you are in the course, navigation between lessons • More graphics, pictures, photos • More interactivity • Audio files
New EIT learning portal http://www.english-it.eu/course/