The Role of the Essay-Test in Acquiring Reading and Reading Comprehension Skills

The paper explores the role of the essay-test in acquiring reading and reading comprehension skills in the modern-day teaching of Serbian Language and Literature. The authors emphasize the importance of using essay-tests for obtaining the feedback on the reading comprehension level of the texts cove...

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Autores principales: Zona V. Mrkalj, Ana D. Pejić
Formato: article
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RU
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Publicado: University of Belgrade, Teacher Education Faculty 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/143d90efd92b46cbb4ac58c7af0bfc01
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Sumario:The paper explores the role of the essay-test in acquiring reading and reading comprehension skills in the modern-day teaching of Serbian Language and Literature. The authors emphasize the importance of using essay-tests for obtaining the feedback on the reading comprehension level of the texts covered in regular classes, at final exams, and on the criteria-oriented knowledge tests. Two key domains are taken into consideration when designing the tasks: the narrative text, emhasizing its structure, narrative perspective, and the motivation of the characters in the function of artistic articulation; the cognitive approach to reading according to the constructive-integrative model of Walter Kintsch (Kintsch, 1988), relevant for presenting the reading construct and understanding the cognitive complexity of the tasks. The purpose of testing students using essay-tests derives from the need to assess the development of reading literacy among the students of the higher grades of elementary school.