Testing Reading Comprehension in LSP: Does Topic Familiarity Affect Assessed Difficulty and Actual Performance?.

Peretz, Arna S.; Shoham, Miriam

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ERIC Number: EJ443085

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Publication Date: 1990

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Testing Reading Comprehension in LSP: Does Topic Familiarity Affect Assessed Difficulty and Actual Performance?

Peretz, Arna S.; Shoham, Miriam

Reading in a Foreign Language, v7 n1 p447-55 Fall 1990

Investigates hypothesis that topic familiarity and assessed difficulty of a text correlate positively with performance on reading comprehension tests. A study of 177 advanced students of English for Specific Purposes indicates that students' subjective evaluation of the relative difficulty of a reading text is not always a reliable index of their actual performance on reading comprehension tests. (24 references) (GLR)

Descriptors: Difficulty Level, English for Special Purposes, Familiarity, Performance Factors, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Reading Tests, Second Language Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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