Test-Taking Strategies in Reading Comprehension Tests: Insights from Freshman and Senior High School EFL Learners
Publish place: The International Journal of Practical and Pedagogical Issues in English Education، Vol: 2، Issue: 3
Publish Year: 1403
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زبان: English
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Abstract:
Test-taking strategies (TTSs) have been found to be closely related to EFL learners’ successful language acquisition. However, such strategies have received scant attention from a language testing perspective (Bachman, ۱۹۹۰). The current mixed-methods study aimed to investigate Iranian freshman and senior high school EFL learners’ use of TTSs in reading comprehension tests and their perceptions of TTSs. To this end, ۳۰ freshman and ۳۰ senior high school EFL learners were selected from a public high school in Tabriz, Iran. The participants were asked to complete a questionnaire on TTSs. Afterward, six participants (three from each grade) were randomly invited for semi-structured interviews. SPSS software (version ۲۷) was used to analyze the quantitative data gathered from the questionnaires, while the content analysis approach was utilized to analyze the qualitative data collected from the semi-structured interviews. The results indicated that senior participants used monitoring strategy the most, while freshman participants mostly used planning strategy. It was also found that both groups of participants had positive perceptions towards learning, teaching, and using TTSs. Implications are also presented as to the need for incorporating TTSs into teaching/learning methodologies, curricula, and materials.
Keywords:
high school EFL learners , monitoring , planning , reading comprehension tests , test-taking strategies
Authors
Alireza Asltaleb Maghferat
Department of English, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Tabriz University, Iran
Parviz Ajideh
Department of English, Faculty of Persian and Foreign Languages, Tabriz University, Iran
Shahabaddin Behtary
Department of English, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Tabriz University, Iran; English Department, Ardabil Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran;
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