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The Passage Is Too Brief for Comprehension: On the Construct Validity of the English Reading Section in the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test
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Taehyeong Kim; Byungmin Lee – Language Assessment Quarterly, 2025
The Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) aims to assess Korean high school students' scholastic ability required for college readiness. As a high-stakes test, the examination serves as a pivotal hurdle for university admission and exerts a strong washback effect on the educational system in Korea. The present study set out to investigate…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Language Tests, Multiple Choice Tests
The Role of Gender, Embedded Questions, and Domain Specific Readings with Learners of Spanish
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Brantmeier, Cindy; Callender, Aimee; McDaniel, Mark – Hispania, 2013
The present study utilizes readings taken from texts in social psychology to examine the effects by gender of embedded "what" questions and elaborative "why" questions on reading comprehension. During regular class time, 97 advanced second language (L2) learners of Spanish read two different vignettes, either with or without…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Gender Differences, Spanish, Second Language Instruction
What about Me?: Individual Self-Assessment by Skill and Level of Language Instruction
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Brantmeier, Cindy; Vanderplank, Robert; Strube, Michael – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
In an investigation with advanced language learners, Brantmeier [Brantmeier, C., 2006. "Advanced L2 learners and reading placement: self-assessment, computer based testing, and subsequent performance." "System" 34 (1), 15-35.] reports that self-assessment (SA) of second language (L2) reading ability, when measured with self-rated scales, is not an…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Advanced Students, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Second Language Learning
Effects of Working Memory Capacity and Content Familiarity on Literal and Inferential Comprehension in L2 Reading
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Alptekin, Cem; Ercetin, Gulcan – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2011
This study examines the effects of working memory capacity and content familiarity on literal and inferential comprehension in second language (L2) reading. Participants were 62 Turkish university students with an advanced English proficiency level. Working memory capacity was measured through a computerized version of a reading span test, whereas…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Familiarity, Short Term Memory, Second Language Learning
The Effects of Embedded and Elaborative Interrogation Questions on L2 Reading Comprehension
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Brantmeier, Cindy; Callender, Aimee; McDaniel, Mark – Reading in a Foreign Language, 2011
With 97 advanced second language (L2) learners of Spanish, the present study utilized domain specific texts to examine the effects of embedded "what" questions and elaborative "why" questions on reading comprehension. Participants read two different vignettes, either with or without the adjuncts, from a social psychology textbook, and then…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Familiarity, Social Psychology, Second Language Learning
Interpretation als Testform? Ein Vorschlag zur objektivierten Leistungsmessung in der Oberstufe (Interpretation as a Form of Testing? A Proposal for Objective Achievement Measurement in the Upper Grades)
Matthai, Hans Rudolf – Neueren Sprachen, 1971
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Students, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency