The effects of task, language of assessment, and target language experience on foreign language learners performance on reading comprehension tests

Current foreign language reading research is disparate in nature. Researchers use a variety of assessment tasks which may or may not be comparable across studies. Some tasks are carried out in the subjects' native language while others are performed in the target language. Furthermore, the population studied does not represent all levels of target language experience, consisting mainly of beginning to intermediate learners. The application of research findings to an educational setting depends very much on the generalizability of findings from sample populations to a general population. If research is to inform curricula and classroom language assessment, then the issue of generalizability must be addressed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Spanish

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Wolf, Darlene Faye

Contributors dc:contributor

• Lee, James F.

• Education, Language and Literature
• Education, Tests and Measurements
• Education, Reading

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Wolf, Darlene Faye

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9124507
(UMI)AAI9124507

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21382