Palestinian EFL University Students' Problems with the Reading Sections of the TOEFL Internet-Based Test and the Revised TOEFL Paper-Delivered Test

Autor/in	Hammad, Enas Abdullah
Titel	Palestinian EFL University Students' Problems with the Reading Sections of the TOEFL Internet-Based Test and the Revised TOEFL Paper-Delivered Test
Quelle	In: Arab World English Journal, 12 (2021) 3, S.51-65 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hammad, Enas Abdullah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2229-9327
Schlagwörter	College Seniors; Computer Assisted Testing; Paper (Material); Test Format; Reading Tests; Student Problems; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Language Tests; Test Preparation; Language Proficiency; Reading Rate; Knowledge Level; Foreign Countries; Test Anxiety; Palestine; Test of English as a Foreign Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Papier; Testentwicklung; Lesetest; Studienproblem; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Language test; Sprachtest; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Reading readiness; Reading speed; Lesegeschwindigkeit; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Examination phobia; Testangst; Prüfungsangst; Palästina
Abstract	Despite Palestinian university students' problems with the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based Test, no researchers approached this research area in the Palestinian English as a Foreign Language context. The present study attempted to answer a question focusing on Palestinian university students' problems with the reading sections of the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based Test and the revised Test of English as a Foreign Language paper-delivered test. The participants were 65 fourth-year students studying English at Al-Aqsa University. The researcher employed four instruments: a test, a group semi-structured interview, and two individual semi-structured interviews. Results showed the students' problems with the reading sections of the two types of tests, such as the irrelevance of the topics of the tests to the students' content background knowledge, students' lack of exposure to lengthy passages, students' slow reading speed, and the students' lack of linguistic proficiency. Additionally, the study offered many recommendations for Educational Testing Service experts and Al-Aqsa university students and instructors. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01