The Effect of Passage Topical Structure Types on ESL Reading Comprehension Difficulty.

Perkins, Kyle

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Publication Date: 1992

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The Effect of Passage Topical Structure Types on ESL Reading Comprehension Difficulty.

Perkins, Kyle

Language Testing, v9 n2 p163-72 1992

The effect of five types of topical structure (including initial sentence element, mood subject, and surface subject) on the item difficulty of reading comprehension questions was investigated. Results indicated differences in the item difficulty of questions according to the type of topical structure on which the questions were based. (21 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Models, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Test Items

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Language: English

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