Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading Comprehension
The review of existing literature suggests that few researchers have adopted cross-language comparisons to explore how cultural background affects the assessment of reading comprehension of students. In this present study, the researchers independently reviewed and rated all the items of two readin...
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| author | Lorraine Dagostino James Carifio Jennifer D. C. Bauer Qing Zhao |
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| description | The review of existing literature suggests that few researchers have adopted cross-language comparisons to explore how cultural background affects the assessment of reading comprehension of students. In this present study, the researchers independently reviewed and rated all the items of two reading comprehension tests translated from Malay into English. The original tests, based upon Dagostino-Carifio’s (1994) model of reading comprehension, were developed in Malaysia for the purpose of evaluating reading comprehension abilities of K-6 students in Malaysia. Results indicated that some information in the test material are culturally based and are lost in translation. Findings imply the possibility of employing comparable tests with valid translation to evaluate reading comprehension abilities of second language (L2) students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0bb3e35d1f244c7095336a9c7ff6275e2022-12-21T23:12:45ZengArizona State UniversityCurrent Issues in Education1099-839X2013-02-01161Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading ComprehensionLorraine Dagostino0James Carifio1Jennifer D. C. Bauer2Qing Zhao3University of Massachusetts LowellUniversity of Massachusetts LowellLowell High SchoolUniversity of Massachusetts LowellThe review of existing literature suggests that few researchers have adopted cross-language comparisons to explore how cultural background affects the assessment of reading comprehension of students. In this present study, the researchers independently reviewed and rated all the items of two reading comprehension tests translated from Malay into English. The original tests, based upon Dagostino-Carifio’s (1994) model of reading comprehension, were developed in Malaysia for the purpose of evaluating reading comprehension abilities of K-6 students in Malaysia. Results indicated that some information in the test material are culturally based and are lost in translation. Findings imply the possibility of employing comparable tests with valid translation to evaluate reading comprehension abilities of second language (L2) students.https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/1063reading comprehensioncultural backgroundcognitive process |
| spellingShingle | Lorraine Dagostino James Carifio Jennifer D. C. Bauer Qing Zhao Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading Comprehension Current Issues in Education reading comprehension cultural background cognitive process |
| title | Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading Comprehension |
| title_full | Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading Comprehension |
| title_fullStr | Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading Comprehension |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading Comprehension |
| title_short | Cross-Cultural Reading Comprehension Assessment in Malay and English as it Relates to the Dagostino-Carifio Model of Reading Comprehension |
| title_sort | cross cultural reading comprehension assessment in malay and english as it relates to the dagostino carifio model of reading comprehension |
| topic | reading comprehension cultural background cognitive process |
| url | https://cie.asu.edu/ojs/index.php/cieatasu/article/view/1063 |
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