This study examined what kinds of reading test-taking strategies were used by Korean EFL learners in performing a TOEIC reading test and how their reading proficiency affected their strategy use. One hundred thirteen students of a Busan-based university took both a TOEIC reading test and a strategy questionnaire. Five students among them participated in a verbal report after the reading test. The results showed that the most frequent strategies were finding key words, checking questions before reading passages, and finding a correct answer while deleting incorrect options. The infrequent strategies were such test-wise strategies as avoiding consecutive arrangement of answers of the same number and choosing the longest option. Also, there was a statistically significant difference in the strategy use of the three groups with different English proficiency. It was suggested that instructions on effective use of reading test-taking strategies should be given to EFL learners.
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Abstract 1. 서론 2. 이론적 배경 2.1. 읽기 전략 2.2. 읽기 시험-수행 전략 3. 연구방법 3.1. 연구 참여자 3.2. 연구 도구 및 절차 4. 결과 및 논의 4.1. 읽기 시험-수행 전략 사용 4.2. 영어 숙달도에 따른 읽기 시험-수행 전략 사용 4.3. 사후구두보고에서의 읽기 시험-수행 전략 5. 결론 참고문헌 부록