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On taking language tests

what the students report

Andrew D. Cohen

School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

This paper discusses methods for obtaining verbal report data on second- language test-taking strategies; reports on types of findings obtained in a number of studies conducted by university students on how learners take reading tests, in particular cloze and multiple-choice tests; and finally con siders the implications of the findings for prospective test takers and test constructors. The main conclusion is that a closer fit should be obtained between how test constructors intend for their tests to be taken and how respondents actually take them.

Language Testing, Vol. 1, No. 1, 70-81 (1984)
DOI: 10.1177/026553228400100106
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