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The Development of Ielts

A Study of the Effect of Background on Reading Comprehension

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Published: 11th July 1996
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This book studies the effect of background knowledge on reading comprehension and investigates the claim from the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) that tertiary level students for whom English is a second language should be given reading proficiency tests in their own academic subject areas. The volume includes a comprehensive overview of recent research into reading, in both a first and second language, an account of the development of the reading subtests for IELTS, a full description of the pilot and main phases of the empirical study, a discussion of the relative importance of language proficiency and background knowledge in reading comprehension, consideration of the study's implications for future test construction and research into reading.

Introduction
Reading in a first language
Reading in a second language
The development of the IELTS Reading Modules
The pilot study
The main study - Research questions and data collection
The effect of academic subject area on test performance
Reasons for the variation in subtest specificity
Text source and the TMC Rating Instrument
Language proficiency and background knowledge
Conclusion
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ISBN: 9780521567084
ISBN-10: 0521567084
Series: Studies in Language Testing
Audience: English as a Second Language (ESL)
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 320
Published: 11th July 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2  x 1.7
Weight (kg): 0.43