University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency

University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency

Test-taking strategies are of two kinds: general and specific. General strategies are applicable to any test while specific ones can be employed by test-takers in special kinds of tests. Specific cognitive test-taking strategies, in turn, are divided into various types: structure, vocabulary, and re...

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Main Author: Abbas Ali Rezaee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI) 2006-01-01
Series:Teaching English Language
Subjects:
test-taking strategies
language proficiency
test-wiseness
multiple-choice tests
test performance
test score
Online Access:http://www.teljournal.org/article_113041_ec10ca39b16eaca41277b03fb8191767.pdf
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spelling doaj-c71fcf5eba754234af98db557636c9a82021-03-24T16:16:02ZengTeaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)Teaching English Language2538-54882538-547X2006-01-0111157188113041University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language ProficiencyAbbas Ali Rezaee0University of Tehran, IranTest-taking strategies are of two kinds: general and specific. General strategies are applicable to any test while specific ones can be employed by test-takers in special kinds of tests. Specific cognitive test-taking strategies, in turn, are divided into various types: structure, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Based on their level of language proficiency, test-takers may show various degrees of tendency in making use of these strategies. The present study is an attempt to investigate whether there is any significant relationship between the subjects’ proficiency level and their tendency in using various types of strategies while taking a test of language proficiency.http://www.teljournal.org/article_113041_ec10ca39b16eaca41277b03fb8191767.pdftest-taking strategieslanguage proficiencytest-wisenessmultiple-choice teststest performancetest score
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University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency
Teaching English Language
test-taking strategies
language proficiency
test-wiseness
multiple-choice tests
test performance
test score
author_facet Abbas Ali Rezaee
author_sort Abbas Ali Rezaee
title University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency
title_short University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency
title_full University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency
title_fullStr University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency
title_full_unstemmed University Students’ Test-taking Strategies and Their Language Proficiency
title_sort university students’ test-taking strategies and their language proficiency
publisher Teaching English Language and Literature Society of Iran (TELLSI)
series Teaching English Language
issn 2538-5488
2538-547X
publishDate 2006-01-01
description Test-taking strategies are of two kinds: general and specific. General strategies are applicable to any test while specific ones can be employed by test-takers in special kinds of tests. Specific cognitive test-taking strategies, in turn, are divided into various types: structure, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Based on their level of language proficiency, test-takers may show various degrees of tendency in making use of these strategies. The present study is an attempt to investigate whether there is any significant relationship between the subjects’ proficiency level and their tendency in using various types of strategies while taking a test of language proficiency.
topic test-taking strategies
language proficiency
test-wiseness
multiple-choice tests
test performance
test score
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