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The effect of texts' authenticity on reading-comprehension test-taking strategies used by adult Saudi learners of English as a foreign language.

机译：文本真实性对成年沙特阿拉伯英语学习者所使用的阅读理解测试策略的影响。

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A considerable theoretical importance is assigned to the use of authentic texts in testing reading comprehension. There is, however, a dearth of research that could provide the practical justification for such importance. Recently, some researchers began to question the speculative significance of authentic materials in reading comprehension assessment. As a result, the present study is aimed at examining the possible effect that the authenticity of texts may have on the test-taking strategies used in answering reading comprehension tests. Specifically, the study is directed at investigating whether the authenticity of texts may impact the way in which examinees use the test-taking strategies with multiple-choice and open-ended tests and whether there are significant differences between examinees who are reading authentic and inauthentic texts in regard to the bottom-up and top-down test-taking strategies.; Two hundred sixteen adult male Saudi Arabian students taking English as a Foreign Language (EFL) participated in the study. During the study, the subjects had to take a one-reading passage test in which they answered five comprehension questions. Each of the 12 tests was given to a group of 18 students. Using the statistical tests of significance of differences between proportions, the researcher found that the authenticity of text does not have an effect on the number of strategies that are utilized with authentic and inauthentic texts. Whether the reading text was authentic or not considerably affected the manner in which examinees uses the test-taking strategies. Although both groups of readers used bottom-up test-taking strategies in a similar manner, the readers of inauthentic texts reported using more top-down test-taking strategies. They also have shown a better ability to use more efficient strategies according to the demands of the questions. Readers of authentic texts used more question-directed strategies. The results indicate that it is safe to make the assumption that there is a need for more investigation into the speculative theoretical importance of authentic materials in reading comprehension assessment in particular and language teaching in general. Moreover, the study calls for in-depth examination of the presumed significance of background knowledge in reading comprehension. Finally, the linguistic and cultural differences between different groups of EFL learners have to be reexamined and should be taken into greater account.
机译：在测试阅读理解能力方面，真实文本的使用具有相当大的理论重要性。但是，缺乏研究可以为这种重要性提供实际证明。最近，一些研究人员开始质疑真实材料在阅读理解评估中的推测意义。因此，本研究旨在检验文本真实性对回答阅读理解测试所采用的考试策略的可能影响。具体而言，该研究旨在调查文本的真实性是否会影响考生使用多项选择和开放式测试的应试策略的方式，以及正在阅读真实和不真实文本的考生之间是否存在重大差异关于自下而上和自上而下的应试策略。 216名以英语作为外语（EFL）的成年男性沙特阿拉伯学生参加了这项研究。在研究过程中，受试者必须进行一次阅读测验，以回答五个理解问题。 12项测试中的每项都对18名学生进行了测试。通过对比例之间差异的显着性进行统计检验，研究人员发现文本的真实性不会影响用于真实和不真实文本的策略数量。阅读的文字是否真实，在很大程度上影响了考生使用应试策略的方式。尽管两组读者都以类似的方式使用了自下而上的考试策略，但不真实的文本的读者却报告说使用了更多的自上而下的考试策略。他们还显示出了根据问题的需求使用更有效策略的更好能力。真实文本的读者使用了更多的问题导向策略。结果表明，可以安全地进行假设，即需要对真实材料在特别是阅读理解评估和一般语言教学中的推测理论重要性进行更多研究。此外，该研究呼吁深入研究背景知识在阅读理解中的假定意义。最后，必须重新审视不同类型的英语学习者之间的语言和文化差异，并应予以更多考虑。

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    Abanomey, Abdulaziz A.;

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    Arizona State University.;

  • 授予单位 Arizona State University.;
  • 学科 Education Language and Literature.; Language Linguistics.; Education Tests and Measurements.; Education Adult and Continuing.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2002
  • 页码 345 p.
  • 总页数 345
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 语言学;教育;成人教育、业余教育;
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