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Perkins, Kyle; Parish, Charles – 1988
This document reviews studies that investigated certain inadequacies of English as a Second Language (ESL) reading comprehension tests. The first study examined whether three ESL reading comprehension tests required information principally from the text or from background knowledge. Results indicated that background knowledge differentially…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, English (Second Language), Multiple Choice Tests, Prior Learning
