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The cognitive processes underlying the academic reading construct as measured by IELTS

  • Cyril Weir
  • , Anthony Green
  • , Roger Hawkey
  • , Sarojani Devi

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Abstract

This study, building on CRELLA’s 2006/07 IELTS funded research, clarifies further the links between what is measured by IELTS and the construct of academic reading as practised by students in a UK university by eliciting from IELTS candidates, by means of a retrospective protocol, the reading processes they engage in when tackling IELTS Reading tasks. The study provides grounded insight into the congruence between the construct measured by IELTS and that of academic reading in the target domain
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIELTS Collected Papers 2: Research in reading and listening assessment
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN (Print)9781107602649
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012

Publication series

NameStudies in Language Testing
Number34

Keywords

  • academic reading

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