Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
An Empirical Investigation of the Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes

An Empirical Investigation of the Componentiality of L2 Reading in English for Academic Purposes

Weir, Cyril
Huizhong, Yang
Yan, Jin

Paperback

Series: Studies in Language Testing, Book 12

English as a Second LanguageGeneral Reference

Publisher Price: $91.50

ISBN10: 0521653819
ISBN13: 9780521653817
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 7 2000
Pages: 310
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.80
Language: English
The focus on careful reading in theoretical literature has meant that we have somewhat ignored reading behaviours such as skimming, scanning and search reading in the teaching and testing of reading. These theories do not explain how readers process texts quickly and selectively. The development of the Advanced English Reading Test (AERT) for university students in the People's Republic of China under the auspices of the National College English Test Committee was the vehicle for investigating the nature of and the relationships between skimming, scanning, search reading and careful reading. This volume reports on the methodological procedures that led to the development of this important test and discusses the results of the empirical investigations that were carried out to establish its validity. As such it offers a blueprint of reading assessment for those wishing to research in the area.

Also in

General Reference

View All