Palestinian EFL University Students’ Problems with the Reading Sections of the TOEFL Internet-based Test and the Revised TOEFL paper-delivered Test

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Despite Palestinian university students’ problems with the Test of English as a Foreign Language Internet-based Test, no researchers approached this research area in context. The present study attempted to answer question focusing on reading sections and revised paper-delivered test. participants were 65 fourth-year students studying at Al-Aqsa University. researcher employed four instruments: test, group semi-structured interview, two individual interviews. Results showed types tests, such irrelevance topics tests content background knowledge, lack exposure lengthy passages, slow speed, linguistic proficiency. Additionally, offered many recommendations for Educational Testing Service experts instructors.

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عنوان ژورنال: Arab World English Journal

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2229-9327']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24093/awej/vol12no3.4