Nevisandeh, N., Mohebbi, M. (2014). Authenticity and Test Taker's Strategies in Iranian EFL Classes. Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies, 3(2), 88-104.
Neda Nevisandeh; Monireh Mohebbi. "Authenticity and Test Taker's Strategies in Iranian EFL Classes". Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies, 3, 2, 2014, 88-104.
Nevisandeh, N., Mohebbi, M. (2014). 'Authenticity and Test Taker's Strategies in Iranian EFL Classes', Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies, 3(2), pp. 88-104.
Nevisandeh, N., Mohebbi, M. Authenticity and Test Taker's Strategies in Iranian EFL Classes. Journal of Teaching English Lnaguage Studies, 2014; 3(2): 88-104.
Authenticity and Test Taker's Strategies in Iranian EFL Classes
1Department of English, Faculty of humanities, Takestan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Takestan, Iran
2Department of English, Faculty of humanities, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Abstract
The theoretical framework for this study is research in the areas of language testing and reading. and overview of language testing and current developments in language testing research, including factors that affect test performance and authentic assessment. Test type as the task variable, test-taking strategies and gender as the reader variable, and authenticity as the text variable were selected and their interaction is examined. Therefore, the present study sets out to investigate the specific test-taking strategies employed by Iranian EFL students, reading authentic or simplified reading texts and the difference between the two sets of strategies, to explore whether males and females reported different patterns of reading and test-taking strategy use, and whether respondents to multiple-choice and open-ended questions used different testtaking strategies while reading. methodology of the study, including the characteristics of the participants, the structure of the materials, and the description of the procedure which has been used in the present study and finally the details of the statistical measures employed to analyze the data collected.
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