Exploring ESL learners' reading test taking strategies
This study examined the test taking strategies of weak ESL students of an English language proficiency course. Test taking strategies are known as the methods that test takers use as an alternative aimed at attaining correct answers on a specified form of language assessment. The study adopted a qua...
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| author | Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh Eng Tek Ong Tarsame Singh Masa Singh Mahendaran Maniam Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar |
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| description | This study examined the test taking strategies of weak ESL students of an English language proficiency course. Test taking strategies are known as the methods that test takers use as an alternative aimed at attaining correct answers on a specified form of language assessment. The study adopted a qualitative study. The participants in this study were forty-four learners from the Bachelor of Arts Program. The learners were asked to think aloud while reading an assigned text to answer the questions. Four learners’ thinking aloud recordings were transcribed and analysed. Focus group interviews were carried out for triangulation purposes. Data collected were analysed manually. The ESL learners implemented many test taking strategies as they coped with the reading comprehension test. The findings of the study show how ESL students used cognitive, metacognitive, compensating, and social strategies. Participants expressed that understanding and reading the passage allowed them to draw conclusions better in answering the multiple choice questions. The findings revealed that they used a compensation strategy whereby they tried guessing the answers on a number of occasions. The findings of the study implicate teachers’ roles in L2 reading and also to guide the ESL learners in the process of answering reading passage and answer the comprehension questions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-018ee934ee75438196ee96c1e97167542023-02-08T06:34:56ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752021-01-018122724210.24815/siele.v8i1.1813012161Exploring ESL learners' reading test taking strategiesCharanjit Kaur Swaran Singh0Eng Tek Ong1Tarsame Singh Masa Singh2Mahendaran Maniam3Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar4Universiti Pendidikan Sultan IdrisUniversiti Pendidikan Sultan IdrisTuanku Bainun CampusUniversiti Pendidikan Sultan IdrisUniversiti Pendidikan Sultan IdrisThis study examined the test taking strategies of weak ESL students of an English language proficiency course. Test taking strategies are known as the methods that test takers use as an alternative aimed at attaining correct answers on a specified form of language assessment. The study adopted a qualitative study. The participants in this study were forty-four learners from the Bachelor of Arts Program. The learners were asked to think aloud while reading an assigned text to answer the questions. Four learners’ thinking aloud recordings were transcribed and analysed. Focus group interviews were carried out for triangulation purposes. Data collected were analysed manually. The ESL learners implemented many test taking strategies as they coped with the reading comprehension test. The findings of the study show how ESL students used cognitive, metacognitive, compensating, and social strategies. Participants expressed that understanding and reading the passage allowed them to draw conclusions better in answering the multiple choice questions. The findings revealed that they used a compensation strategy whereby they tried guessing the answers on a number of occasions. The findings of the study implicate teachers’ roles in L2 reading and also to guide the ESL learners in the process of answering reading passage and answer the comprehension questions.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/18130test taking strategiesreading test taking strategiesweak esl learnersmetacognitivecognitive processes |
| spellingShingle | Charanjit Kaur Swaran Singh Eng Tek Ong Tarsame Singh Masa Singh Mahendaran Maniam Tunku Mohani Tunku Mohtar Exploring ESL learners' reading test taking strategies Studies in English Language and Education test taking strategies reading test taking strategies weak esl learners metacognitive cognitive processes |
| title | Exploring ESL learners' reading test taking strategies |
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| title_short | Exploring ESL learners' reading test taking strategies |
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