Reading for a Test: The Effect of High-Stakes Exams on Reading Strategies

This paper presents a study which investigates the reading strategies employed by Slovenian EFL students whose classroom context is influenced by a high-stakes, curriculum-aligned national examination. The findings show that there are only minor differences between strong and weak students in their...

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