EFL学生於纸本与电脑阅读测验表现之比较.PDF

EFL 學生於紙本與電腦閱讀測驗表現之比較 A Comparability Study of EFL Students ’ Performances between a Paper-Delivery and a Computer-Delivery Reading Exam by 翁佩禪 Pei-Chan Weng THESIS Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature of Tunghai University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS in Teaching English As A Foreign Language TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY June 2009 中 華 民 國 九 十 八 年 六 月 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS i ENGLISH ABSTRACT iii CHINESE ABSTRACT v LIST OF TABLESvi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 Background of the study 1 Statement of the problems 3 Purpose of study 4 Research questions 4 The significance of the study 5 Definition of terms 5 CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE 7 The nature of reading 7 Past and present perspectives on reading 9 Variables that affect the nature of reading 11 Reader variables 12 Text variables 13 Reading purposes 15 Reading skills 16 Skimming 17 Scanning 18 2 Inferencing 18 Guessing 18 Summarizing 19 Techniques for testing reading 20 Computer on Language Testing 22 Computer-based testing 23 Computer-adaptive testing 24 Internet-based testing 25 Effectiveness of computer in language testing 25 Advantages of using computers in language te