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A cognitive processing approach towards defining reading comprehension

  • Cyril Weir
    ,
  • Hanan Khalifa
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Abstract

In this article we focus on a cognitive processing approach as a theoretical basis for evaluating the cognitive validity of reading tests.1 This approach is concerned with the mental processes readers actually use in comprehending texts when engaging in different types of real-life reading. However, we first start by a brief review of other approaches that attempted to establish what reading comprehension really involves.

Publication Information

Output type

Research Output: Contribution to journal Article Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 2-10

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Cambridge ESOL: Research Notes (Volume 31)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/02/2008

Publication status

Published - 01/02/2008

ISSN

1756-509x

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/238207

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