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Attitudes towards Teaching and Learning Test-taking Strategies for Reading Comprehension Tests: The Case of Iranian EFL Undergraduates
Author(s) -
Majid Pourmohammadi,
Mohamad Jafre Zainol Abidin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of studies in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2162-6952
DOI - 10.5296/jse.v1i1.1028
Subject(s) - test (biology) , reading comprehension , likert scale , reading (process) , mathematics education , psychology , set (abstract data type) , affect (linguistics) , multiple choice , foreign language , comprehension , cognition , english as a foreign language , computer science , linguistics , developmental psychology , paleontology , philosophy , communication , neuroscience , biology , programming language

Reading, as the most important academic language skill, receives the special focus in second or foreign language teaching. In addition, tests are regularly applied to evaluate academic performance. There are several cognitive and psychological factors which affect test performance. One of such important test-related factors is test-taking strategies, also known as testwiseness. This study was set to probe the attitudes of Iranian EFL undergraduates towards training test-taking strategies. A set of 22 test-taking strategies for multiple-choice reading comprehension tests was taught as extra material to 30 EFL undergraduates in their regular reading classes within 11 sessions. A Likert rating-scale questionnaire was administered at the end of semester. Overall, students revealed positive opinions on teaching and learning of test-taking strategies. Results are discussed and some recommendations are ultimately provided.

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