THE USE OF TEST-TAKING STRATEGIES AND STUDENTS' PERFORMANCES IN ANSWERING TOEIC READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

應考策略之運用與多益閱讀理解測驗之表現

李佳盈(Jia-Ying Lee)

《Taiwan Journal of TESOL》 15卷2期 (2018/10) Pp. 33-64

https://doi.org/10.30397/TJTESOL.201810_15(2).0002

摘要

This article examines the test-taking strategies of high- and low-scoring Chinese-speaking participants when they answer English multiple-choice reading comprehension questions. Thirty-two participants took a TOEIC reading test, provided think-aloud protocols, and joined a post-task interview. The data come primarily from qualitative analysis and were compared with those from quantitative analysis. Strategies of four kinds emerged in the results: word/lexical-based, sentence-based, reading comprehension strategies, and overall technical approaches. The discussion provides insights into the employment of test-taking strategies and the relationship between strategy use and reading performance.

關鍵字

test-taking strategies ； multiple-choice format ； reading comprehension assessment

並列摘要

本研究檢驗以中文為母語的高、低學習成就者在進行多益閱讀測驗時的應考策略使用表現。三十二名考生完成一項多益試驗、參與試後「放聲思考」（think-aloud protocols）、並接受一對一訪談。所收集的研究資料以質性分析為主，並佐以量化分析參照。研究結果帶出四類應考策略模式：一、詞彙與詞彙語法策略（word-based/lexico-grammatical strategies），二、以句子為基礎之判斷策略（sentence-based strategies），三、文意閱讀理解策略（reading comprehension strategies），四、技術性答題策略（technical approaches）。本文最後討論應考策略的運用效益，並深究策略使用與閱讀表現之間的關聯。

並列關鍵字

應考策略 ； 多選題模式 ； 閱讀理解測驗

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