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Download full textChen, Chen; Liu, Yongcan – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2020
This study explored the role of vocabulary breadth and depth in second language learners' performance in IELTS academic reading tests in China. Sixty-two Chinese learners of English as a foreign language completed a vocabulary size test, a vocabulary depth test, and an IELTS reading test. Results showed that vocabulary breadth and depth both…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewedCooper, Janelle; Fairbairn, Ingrid – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1989
The Communicative Use of English as a Foreign Language (CUEFL) examination applies to language testing the principles of the communicative approach to language teaching. The issues and problems of composing the reading part of the CUEFL are discussed. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English (Second Language), Language Tests, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedNesi, Hilary; Meara, Paul – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1991
Focusing on the relationship between performance on reading tests and dictionary use, this study confirms a previous finding that dictionary availability does not significantly affect test scores; it does, however, lengthen test completion time. The authors discuss experimental conditions, test item types, usability of particular dictionary types,…
Descriptors: Dictionaries, English (Second Language), Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
