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标题：Setting EFL Reading Comprehension Questions in Learners’ L1?
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作者：Zheng Lin ; School of Education ; University of South Australia 等
期刊名称：Asian EFL Journal
印刷版ISSN：1738-1460
出版年度：2007
卷号：9
期号：02
出版社：Asian EFL Journal
摘要：This paper tries to address the question ‘Will it make a difference if reading comprehension questions are set in learners’ L1 instead of English (L2)?’ Past studies addressing this issue have produced contradictory findings. Through a cross-sectional investigation of 3,426 middle school EFL students’ performance in English reading comprehension tests, this study shows that setting questions in learners’ L1 or L2 will make no significant difference in learners’ reading comprehension testing results if their competences in L1 and L2 are both sufficient for the task. However, if their competence in L2 is inadequate while their competence in L1 is not, they tend to perform better if the questions are set in L1. The author suggests that EFL reading comprehension tests, especially those for beginning learner, set the questions in learners’ L1 whenever feasible.
关键词：Assessing reading, language of the questions, L1 and L2.