Demystifying the TOEFL Reading Test.

Peirce, Bonny Norton

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Publication Date: 1992

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Demystifying the TOEFL Reading Test.

Peirce, Bonny Norton

TESOL Quarterly, v26 n4 p665-91 Win 1992

The development of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is described based on data from a case study of a reading test. The theory of genre proposed by Kress is also discussed, along with the need for the TOEFL-2000 test development team at the Educational Testing Service to address the washback effect of the test. (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Language Tests, Second Language Instruction, Standardized Tests, Test Construction, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Test of English as a Foreign Language

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