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Investigating the Role of Test Methods in Testing Reading Comprehension

A Process-Focused Perspective

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Authors:
  1. Jufang Kong

    1. Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

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  • Explores the prospect of a process-focused paradigm in language testing research

  • Sheds light on the “dark box” of test-takers’ cognitive processing to expand readers’ previous knowledge

  • Provides valuable new insights into the construct of reading comprehension

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 1-8

  3. Theories of Reading Comprehension

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 9-29

  4. Construct and Validity

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 31-49

  5. Test Method and Response Format

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 51-63

  6. Methodology

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 65-76

  7. Quantitative Strand

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 77-93

  8. Employing TAPs to Explore Test Takers’ Cognitive Processes

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 95-137

  9. Employing ET to Explore Test Takers’ Cognitive Processes

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 139-174

  10. Conclusion and Future Directions

    • Jufang Kong
    Pages 175-192

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 193-212
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About this book

This book explores the construct of reading comprehension by means of two main test methods. Research methods like the think aloud protocol and eye tracking are employed to tap into test-takers’ cognitive processes while engaged in input text meaning building, and in test tasks. The book is the first systematic attempt to explore test-takers’ cognitive processes through the control of test methods, and presents findings in visualized form including processing route maps and eye fixation heat maps. It offers readers essential support with “digging into” and analyzing data that has to date remained difficult to access.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

    Jufang Kong

About the author

Dr. Jufang Kong is a lecturer and Dean of the Teaching Research section of the College of Foreign Languages at Zhejiang Normal University, China. She holds a PhD in Language Testing and Assessment from Shanghai International Studies University and was a visiting student at the School of Education, University of Leicester, during her PhD studies. Her research interests include assessing reading skills, language test validation and assessing young language learners. In 2017, she received approval for the Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences Project.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Investigating the Role of Test Methods in Testing Reading Comprehension

  • Book Subtitle: A Process-Focused Perspective

  • Authors: Jufang Kong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7021-2

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-7020-5Published: 08 April 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-7021-2Published: 27 March 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 212

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics

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