Chapter One Introduction
1.1 Research background
1.2 Research questions
1.3 Significance of the research
1.4 Organization of the thesis
1.5 Summary
Chapter Two Literature Review
2.1 Approaches to defining L2 reading comprehension
2.1.1 A componential approach to defining L2 reading comprehension
2.1.2 A process approach to defining L2 reading comprehension
2.1.3 A cognitive processing approach to defining L2 reading comprehension
2.2 Validity and validation
2.2.1 Definition of validity
2.2.2 Cognitive validity
2.2.3 The product-oriented approach to validation research
2.2.4 The process-oriented approach to validation research
2.3 Application of eye-tracking in research
2.3.1 Eye-tracking technology
2.3.2 Application of eye-tracking in reading research
2.3.3 Application of eye-tracking into language assessment research
2.4 Tests under investigation
2.4.1 IELTS reading test
2.4.2 TOEFL iBT reading test
2.4.3 CET-6 reading test
2.5 Summary
Chapter Three Theoretical Model
3.1 Overview of Khalifa and Weir’s reading model
3.2 Central cognitive processing of this model
3.2.1 Word recognition
3.2.2 Lexical access
3.2.3 Syntactic parsing
3.2.4 Establishing propositional meaning
3.2.5 Inferencing
3.2.6 Building a mental model
3.2.7 Creating a text-level representation
3.2.8 Creating an intertextual representation
3.3 Summary
Chapter Four Methodology
4.1 Participants and settings
4.2 Reading test tasks and instruments
4.3 Research procedure
4.4 Data analysis
4.4.1 Analysis of eye-tracking data
4.4.2 Analysis of retrospective interview data
4.4.3 Analysis of the combined data
Chapter Five Results and Discussion
5.1 Participants’ performance on three reading tests
5.2 Results based on eye-tracking metrics
5.2.1 Descriptive statistics of eye-tracking metrics
5.2.2 Comparative analysis of eye-tracking metrics
5.3 Results based on retrospective interview data
5.3.1 Retrospective interview results on central cognitive processing
5.3.2 Retrospective interview results on other processing
5.3.3 Retrospective interview results on reading types
Chapter Six Conclusion
6.1 Major findings
6.2 Implications and suggestions
6.3 Limitations
参考文献
Appendices
I. The IELTS, TOEFL iBT and CET-6 reading tests
A. The IELTS reading test
B. The TOEFL iBT reading test
C. The CET-6 reading test
II. Publications
A. 作者在攻读硕士学位期间发表的论文目录
B. 作者在攻读硕士学位期间参与的项目
C. 学位论文数据集
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