The Interaction Between Using Test-Taking Strategies, Level of Language Proficiency, and Test Performance

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نوع سند: مقاله کنفرانسی
زبان: انگلیسی
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RTETL01_042

تاریخ نمایه سازی: 25 آذر 1395

چکیده مقاله:

The study was an attempt to scrutinize the probable interaction between linguistic and strategic variables in reading comprehension test performance of Iranian EFL learners. To this end, theinteraction between the participants’ reading comprehension test performance, use of test-takingstrategies, and level of language proficiency was analyzed by using factorial and regression analyses. The participants consist of 286 EFL learners who answered a reading comprehension test and a questionnaire. In addition, 25 students participated in a retrospective interview after answering the testand questionnaire. The findings manifested a significant interaction between the use of test-taking strategies and test performance of the examinees. The more proficient learners used the strategies more frequently than did the less proficient learners. The qualitative findings also confirmed thequantitative findings and revealed the underlying non-linguistic reasons for the differences in the frequency and type of the strategies used by learners. The findings showed that the observed scores do no manifest true ability of language learners and true score should be calculated with regard to thenon-linguistic variables affecting test performance. The findings provide empirical support for Bachman’s classical true score measurement theory.

نویسندگان

Narjes Ghafournia

Department of Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran

Akbar Afghari

Department of Foreign Languages, Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan Branch, Isfahan, Iran