A MODELING

OF READING STRATEGIES INTO

THE READING PROCESS FROM A

METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

ARGEMIRO AMAYA BUELVASEspecialista en ELT

C. Magister in Education

Chapter Three

REASEARCH INTO THE ASSESSMENT OF READINGAlderson, J.C. (2000) Assessing reading. (pp. 85-115). C.U.P.

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

Chapter Three

This chapter will address the question: How do we know what affects the assessment of reading?

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

Research into the assessment of reading.FACTORS AFFECTING THE DIFFICULTY OF READING TEST ITEMS Language of questions Types of Questions Testing Skills Role of Grammar in Reading Tests Role of Vocabulary in Reading Tests Use of Dictionaries in Reading TestsExercise: Scanning

FACTORS AFFECTING THE DIFFICULTY OF READING TEST TEXTS Background knowledge Vs Text Content Text length

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

“I really hate when you read in bed”

“poor readers do not possess knowledge of strategies,

and are often not aware of how or when and why to

apply the knowledge they do have. They often cannot

infer meaning from surface-level information, have

poorly developed knowledge about how the reading

system works, and find it difficult to evaluate text for

clarity, consistency and plausibility” Alderson, (2000, p. 41).

“Readers’ knowledge influences process, product, and recall” (p. 34)

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

“automatic recognition of a word allows lexical access” (p.13).

“efficient word recognition seems to be a necessary but not sufficient condition for good comprehension” (p.13).

Let’s have a reflection on these two quoations:

“reading is the construction of meaning from a printed or written message” Day and Bamford (1998, p. 12).

“construction” Reading strategies

Reading comprehension skills

Metacognition

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

Reading takes many forms: Academic reading.Comics.Scanning the TV.Skimming a magazine. Novels.Reading aloud children.Adsorbing the subtitles while watching a movie.Glancing at your notes as you give a speech.

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

FACTORS AFFECTING THE DIFFICULTY OF READING TEST ITEMS

LANGUAGE OF QUESTIONS

What happen when the language of the question is harder to understand than the passage?

a) Poor performance? (passage difficulty or questions)

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

FACTORS AFFECTING THE DIFFICULTY OF READING TEST ITEMS

LANGUAGE OF QUESTIONS

“vocabulary difficulty has consistently been shown to have an effect on understanding for L1 and L2 readers” (p.69).

“having to struggle with reading because of unknown words will obviously affect comprehension and take the pleasure out of reading” (p.35).

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

Then, What can be done?

In the words of Shohamy (1984) cited in Alderson (2000), she found that “questions in L1 were easier than the same questions translated into the L2” (86).

She speculates that:

-Reduced anxiety, especially among low-level learners.

-More authentic in that students are likely to ask themselves questions of L2 text in their first language.

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

“If the test population has a number of different first language, the only practical solution is to have simply-worded questions in the target language” (p.86).

What would happen if the test population has a number of first languages?

A MODELING OF READING STRATEGIES INTO THE READING PROCESS FROM A METACOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

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