The relationship between the academic reading construct as measured by IELTS and the reading experiences of students in their first year of study at a British university [2012]

Anthony Green; Cyril Weir; Roger Hawkey; Aylin Unaldy; Sarojani Devi

The relationship between the academic reading construct as measured by IELTS and the reading experiences of students in their first year of study at a British university [2012]

Anthony Green
, Cyril Weir
, Roger Hawkey
, Aylin Unaldy
, Sarojani Devi

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This study investigates the academic reading activities and problems of students in their first-year of study at a British University, and compares the emerging model of academic reading with an analysis of the reading construct as tested in the IELTS Reading Module. The contextual parameters of the reading texts of target students are reviewed and a comparison made with those performance conditions obtaining for reading activities in the IELTS test. The extent to which any problems in reading might decrease the higher the IELTS reading band score obtained before entry is investigated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IELTS Collected Papers 2: Research in reading and listening assessment.
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
ISBN (Print)	9781107602649
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2012

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Name	Studies in Language Testing
Number	34

Keywords

academic reading
IELTS

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Green, A., Weir, C., Hawkey, R., Unaldy, A., & Devi, S. (2012). The relationship between the academic reading construct as measured by IELTS and the reading experiences of students in their first year of study at a British university [2012]. In IELTS Collected Papers 2: Research in reading and listening assessment. (Studies in Language Testing; No. 34). Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/elt/catalogue/subject/project/item6639576/%3Fsite_locale%3Den_GB

Green, Anthony ; Weir, Cyril ; Hawkey, Roger et al. / The relationship between the academic reading construct as measured by IELTS and the reading experiences of students in their first year of study at a British university [2012]. IELTS Collected Papers 2: Research in reading and listening assessment.. Cambridge University Press, 2012. (Studies in Language Testing; 34).

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