The development of IELTS : a study of the effect of background knowledge on reading comprehension
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TL;DR
This study examines the development of the IELTS Reading Modules and the effect of academic subject area on test performance, language proficiency and background knowledge, and the TMC Rating Instrument.
Abstract
1 Introduction 2 Reading in a first language 3 Reading in a second language 4 The development of the IELTS Reading Modules 5 The pilot study 6 The main study - Research questions and data collection 7 The effect of academic subject area on test performance 8 Reasons for the variation in subtest specificity 9 Text source and the TMC Rating Instrument 10 Language proficiency and background knowledge 11 Conclusion