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Rahimirad, Maryam; Shams, Mohammad Reza – International Journal of Listening, 2014
This study investigates the effect of activating metacognitive strategies on the listening performance of English as a foreign language (EFL) university students and explores the impact of such strategies on their metacognitive awareness of the listening task. The participants were N = 50 students of English literature at the state university of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Listening Skills, Learning Strategies, English (Second Language)
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Bax, Stephen – Language Testing, 2013
The research described in this article investigates test takers' cognitive processing while completing onscreen IELTS (International English Language Testing System) reading test items. The research aims, among other things, to contribute to our ability to evaluate the cognitive validity of reading test items (Glaser, 1991; Field, in press). The…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Eye Movements, Cognitive Processes, Language Tests
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Charubusp, Sasima; Chinwonno, Apasara – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2014
This study investigated the effects of Academic Literacy-Based Intervention (ALI) on 30 undergraduate Thai university students' English reading proficiency. Based on the English reading proficiency test, these students were sub-classified into 2 groups, 15 in the high English reading proficiency group and 15 in the low English reading proficiency…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Intervention, Undergraduate Students