The Subskills of Reading: Rule-space Analysis of a Multiple-choice Test of Second Language Reading Comprehension

1997 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary Buck ◽  
Kumi Tatsuoka ◽  
Irene Kostin
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Second Language Reading ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Space Analysis ◽  
Rule Space ◽  
Second Language Reading Comprehension

scholarly journals The Incidental Acquisition of English Prepositions by Arabic-Speaking EFL Learners: Evidence From Al Ain University of Science and Technology

SAGE Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 215824401986149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh ◽  
Mona Kamal Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Multiple Choice ◽  
Choice Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Test ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Al Ain ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Arabic Speaking

This study examined the incidental acquisition of English prepositions by Arabic-speaking English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Employing reading comprehension exercises as a treatment, we adopted the experimental design of a pre- and post-test to determine the effectiveness of the treatment on the participants’ incidental acquisition of English prepositions. For the purpose of the study, we divided the participants into a treatment group, who engaged in reading comprehension exercises for one academic term, and a control group, who did not. We used a multiple-choice test and a fill-in-the-blank test to measure the participants’ receptive and productive knowledge of English prepositions, respectively. We also conducted an introspective session with the treatment group following the administration of the post-tests to determine the areas of difficulty. The results of the study mainly indicated that reading accompanied by exercises resulted in better incidental gains in the acquisition of English prepositions, especially on the multiple-choice test. The study concludes with recommendations for further research.

Assessing Reading

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 208-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyle Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
First Language ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Second Language Reading ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Second Language Reading Comprehension ◽  
Areas Of Interest ◽  
Comprehension Tests

The fields of reading comprehension per se and second language reading comprehension are vast indeed, and an attempt to survey them will, of necessity, be attenuated in a chapter of this size. As a consequence, I will limit my discussion to six areas: 1) general comments concerning areas of interest in reading research and assessment, 2) the adaptation of a suitable first-language reading comprehension model for second-language assessment, 3) the reliance on a top-down model of reading comprehension, 4) the validity of multiple-choice reading comprehension tests, 5) research on behavioral anchoring, and 6) the testing of reading comprehension in a CAT (Computer Adaptive Testing) context.

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