The Development of Ielts (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521567084)

This book studies the effect of background knowledge on reading comprehension and investigates the claim from the field of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) that tertiary level students for whom English is a second language should be given reading proficiency tests in their own academic subject areas. The volume includes a comprehensive overview of recent research into reading, in both a first and second language, an account of the development of the reading subtests for IELTS, a full description of the pilot and main phases of the empirical study, a discussion of the relative importance of language proficiency and background knowledge in reading comprehension, consideration of the study's implications for future test construction and research into reading.

Author: Caroline Clapham
ISBN-10: 0521567084
ISBN-13: 9780521567084
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/11/1996
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.99w x 0.81d