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Mapping the Fluctuating Effect of Strategy Use Ability on English Reading Performance for Nursing Students: A Multi-Layered Moderation Analysis Approach
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Cai, Yuyang; Kunnan, Antony John – Language Testing, 2020
An essential hypothesis of modern language assessment theory pertains to the interaction between strategy use ability (strategic competence) and second language knowledge. However, how they interact with each other is rarely explored. Drawing on relevant research in the literature, in this paper we proposed three interaction patterns (i.e.,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Nursing Education, Reading Tests
Examining the Inseparability of Content Knowledge from LSP Reading Ability: An Approach Combining Bifactor-Multidimensional Item Response Theory and Structural Equation Modeling
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Cai, Yuyang; Kunnan, Antony John – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2018
This study examined the separability of domain-general and domain-specific content knowledge from Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) reading ability. A pool of 1,491 nursing students in China participated by responding to a nursing English test and a nursing knowledge test. Primary data analysis involved four steps: (a) conducting a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Item Response Theory, Structural Equation Models, English for Special Purposes