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Ali Amjadi – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2024
Over the last few years, technology has offered new ways of teaching and learning. Accordingly, educational systems are adopting what technology has purveyed to education. The abrupt upsurge of the COVID-19 pandemic also expedited this employment and impelled educational systems to shift to online teaching and learning. Consequently, the offline…
Descriptors: Test Format, Reading Comprehension, Computer Assisted Testing, Reading Strategies
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Sheybani, Elias; Zeraatpishe, Mitra – International Journal of Language Testing, 2018
Test method is deemed to affect test scores along with examinee ability (Bachman, 1996). In this research the role of method facet in reading comprehension tests is studied. Bachman divided method facet into five categories, one category is the nature of input and the nature of expected response. This study examined the role of method effect in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Test Items, Test Format
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Hemmati, S. Jamal; Baghaei, Purya; Bemani, Masoumeh – International Journal of Language Testing, 2016
Research has been conducted on linguistic aspects of L2 reading comprehension ability but studies which concern cognitive aspects of this skill are rather scarce. Efforts should be made to have sound understanding of the attributes and subskills needed for successful performance on L2 reading comprehension tests. In this study the reading…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, College Entrance Examinations, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning
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Mohammadian, Amir; Saed, Amin; Shahi, Younes – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
With the development of educational technology, the concept of technology-enhanced multimedia instructions is using widely in the educational settings. Technology can be employed in teaching different skills such as listening, reading, speaking and writing. Among these skills, reading comprehension is the skill in which EFL learners have some…
Descriptors: Video Technology, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Adelnia, Rezvan; Salehi, Hadi – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
This study is an attempt to investigate impact of using a technique, namely, genre-based approach on improving reading ability on Iranian EFL learners' achievement. Therefore, an attempt was made to compare genre-based approach to teaching reading with traditional approaches. For achieving this purpose, by administering the Oxford Quick Placement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Skills, English (Second Language), Literary Genres
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Tous, Maryam Danaye; Tahriri, Abdorreza; Haghighi, Sara – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2015
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of instruction through debate on male and female EFL learners' reading comprehension. Also, their perception of critical thinking (CT) instruction was investigated. A quantitative research method with experimental pre-and post-tests design was conducted to collect the data. Eighty-eight…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Debate