Abstract
Reading comprehension tests are intended to measure students’ understanding and reading ability in academic as well as non-academic texts. In other words, the test of reading comprehension is designed to know how well a learner comprehends what he reads. The purpose of this study is to find out the answers of the questions regarding the issues of the construction of reading comprehension tests. To know about the various practices that are going on to construct reading tests, the material has been obtained from various websites and from research journals such as B-Ok.Org., Google, Google Scholar, J Store, ERIC and Slides Share. Different journals such as Language testing, Language Testing in Asia (LTA), Journal of Reading, Reading in a Foreign Language, were also visited to collect data for this purpose. The data collected from these sources was read thoroughly and different types of important information were collected from these articles and websites. To evaluate these researches on practical basis, tests of different international agencies such as IELTS and TOEFL were also viewed to know about the similarities or dissimilarities in these tests. On the basis of all this data and its evaluation, it can be said that reading has very important place in the process of language learning and its testing is not only important but also multi-dimensional as it is apparent that by testing reading, speaking and especially pronunciation can also be checked.
Authors
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Muhammad Mushtaq
- Lecturer, Department of English, Governmen tImamia College, Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
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Dr. Aleem Shakir
- Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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Dr. Shabbir Ahmad
- Assistant Professor, Department of English language and Literature, University of Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Keywords
Cloze Test, Format of Reading Test, Reading Comprehension, Reading Speed, Testing of Reading
DOI Number
10.47205/plhr.2020(4-II)1.2
Page Nos
12-23
Volume & Issue
v4-2
