Second Language Reading Research And Practice
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Examining Reading
Author: Hanan Khalifa
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2009-08-27
This publication highlights the need for test developers to provide clear explanations of the ability constructs which underpin tests offered in the public domain. An explanation is increasingly required or if the validity of test score interpretation and use are to be supported both logically and with empirical evidence. The book demonstates the application of a comprehensive test validation framework which adopts a socio-cognitive perspective. The framework embraces six core components which reflect the practical nature and quality of an actual testing event. It examines Cambridge ESOL writing tasks from the following perspectives: Test Taker, Cognitive Validity, Context Validity, Scoring Validity, Criterion-related Validity and Consequential Validity. The authors show how an understanding and analysis of the framework and its components in relation to specific writing tests can assist test developers to operationalise their tests more effectively, especially in relation to criterial distinctions across test levels.
Second Language Reading Research and Practice
This book offers a concise and comprehensive review of theories and practical guidelines on how to adopt a task-based approach to second language (L2) reading instruction. The various chapters within and across the book bridge the boundaries between L2 reading research and classroom practices. Each chapter provides concrete teaching suggestions based on the theories and research findings on task-based L2 reading. This book offers step-by-step guidelines on how to implement task-based L2 reading instruction, such as needs analysis, task design, text development, task management, and task-based reading assessment. In so doing, this book helps readers increase their awareness of the symbiotic relationship between L2 reading research and instruction, which helps overcome the discrepancies between theoretical and pedagogical approaches. This book serves as a useful resource for researchers who aim to employ a task-based approach to L2 reading, undergraduate or postgraduate students who need to acquire basic knowledge on fundamental theories of L2 reading and the task-based approach, and in- or pre-service teachers who want to improve their teaching skills based on a robust understanding of relevant theories and research findings on task-based L2 reading.
Conducting Second-Language Reading Research
This is the first hands-on methods guide for second-language (L2) reading research. The authors expertly and critically situate L2 reading and literacy as a multivariate, interactive process and define terms, concepts, and research tools in connection with theory and a rich body of past empirical work, with lessons to learn and pitfalls to avoid. They concretely detail how to design empirical studies, collect data, and analyze findings in this important area. Authored by world experts on first-language (L1) and L2 reading, this book provides a comprehensive, critical, theory-driven review of methods in L2 reading research, offering a step-by-step guide from research design to study execution and data analysis. With useful pedagogical features and a unique database of L2 reading studies from around the world over three decades, this will be an invaluable resource to students and researchers of second-language acquisition, applied linguistics, education, and related areas.