The development of IELTS : a study of the effect of background knowledge on reading comprehension

Caroline Clapham

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EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Reading and Literacy Development Second Language Acquisition and Learning

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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

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