Effects of Test-Taking Strategy and Lexico-Grammatical Ability on L2 Local-Level Reading Comprehension
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2024-10-07
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University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center
Center for Language & Technology
Center for Language & Technology
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36
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1
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37
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While the effect of reading strategies on L2 test performance has been extensively researched, the effect of test-taking strategies remains underexplored, with mixed results due to varying contextual factors. This study, therefore, investigated the latent structure of test-taking strategies and the relationships among test-taking strategies, lexico-grammatical ability, and test performance in a test of local-level reading comprehension questions (LRCQs) by 217 Chinese EFL learners. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed test-taking strategies could be composed of test-management and test-wiseness strategies. Structural equation modeling provided further empirical evidence for this conceptual distinction, as only test-management strategies were significantly affected by lexico-grammatical ability. However, while lexico-grammatical ability had a large effect on test performance, neither test-management nor test-wiseness strategies had a significant impact on test performance. This study helps researchers and teachers better understand the test-taking strategies at play in LRCQs and their impact on test performance and carries implications for L2 reading pedagogy.
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test-taking strategy, lexico-grammatical ability, local-level reading comprehension questions, Structural Equation Modeling, L2 reading assessment
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Li, H., Zhang, S., & Tang, X. (2024). Effects of Test-Taking Strategy and Lexico-Grammatical Ability on L2 Local-Level Reading Comprehension. Reading in a Foreign Language, 36(1), 1-37. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/67474
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