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Exploring Test Takers’ Cognition in a High-stakes Reading Test : An Eye-tracking Study

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  • 간행물
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL SCOPUS KCI 등재 바로가기
  • 통권
    vol.14 no.3 (2017.09)바로가기
  • 페이지
    pp.482-500
  • 저자
    Hyo Jung Lim
  • 언어
    영어(ENG)
  • URL
    https://www.earticle.net/Article/A309778

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Learning how test takers derive their answers, referred to as the test-taking process, is essential to test validation. However, research on test takers’ mental process has been impeded by the excessive popularity of quantitative analysis and the limitations of research methods. By using eye-tracking technology, this study investigated Chinese ESL learners’ reading processes in the iBT TOEFL reading section for the purpose of test validation. Ninety Chinese ESL students at a large Midwestern university were invited to an eye-tracking lab and asked to take a 20-minute reading test on a computer screen to which an eye tracker was attached. As in Bax and Weir (2012), this study analyzed only high scorers’ eye movement data (e.g., gaze plots and fixation durations) based on the predetermined criteria. The reading time spent on the intended reading types was also calculated as evidence of validity. The results showed that participants predominantly exercised careful reading skills below the paragraph level, vocabulary questions seemingly failed to elicit inferencing ability, and expeditious reading rarely occurred. Learners did not spend more time reading a text associated with implicit questions compared to a text associated with explicit questions. The implication of the findings for test validity and test development are also discussed.

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Abstract
 Introduction
 Research Background
  Second Language Reading
  Eye-tracking Studies in Language Studies
 The Study
 Methodology
  Participants
  Reading Tests
  Procedure
  Data Analysis
 Results and Discussion
 Conclusion
 The Author
 References

키워드

cognitive validity eye-tracking study a reading test

저자

  • Hyo Jung Lim [ Kwangwoon University, Korea ]

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  • 발행기관명
    아시아영어교육학회 [Asia TEFL]
  • 설립연도
    2004
  • 분야
    사회과학>교육학
  • 소개
    The goals of Asia TEFL are to promote scholarship, disseminate information, and facilitate cross-cultural understanding among persons concerned with the teaching and learning of English in Asia. In order to accomplish this, Asia TEFL will pursue the following goals: 1. To link ELT professionals in joint research on issues and concerns regarding English teaching and learning in the Asian context. 2. To publish an academic journal, The Asia TEFL Journal, as an internationally recognized journal in the field of English language teaching. 3. To host conferences and seminars addressing important issues concerning ELT in Asia. 4. To develop proficiency guidelines and assessment methods designed for the needs of the Asian context. 5. To develop programs for Asian learners and teachers of English to build their English language proficiency and cultural understanding and provide them with the skills required to be efficient English teaching professionals.

간행물

  • 간행물명
    The Journal of AsiaTEFL
  • 간기
    계간
  • pISSN
    1738-3102
  • eISSN
    2466-1511
  • 수록기간
    2004~2026
  • 등재여부
    SCOPUS,KCI 등재
  • 십진분류
    KDC 740 DDC 420

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