Table 5 Summary of Multiple Text Reading Formats in English Proficiency Tests
From: Classification of multiple text reading test formats by analyzing English language proficiency tests
CAE Part 6 | TOEIC Part 7 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Test forms | 20 | 6 | 26 |
All reading formats | 129 | 114 | 243 |
Sets of multiple texts (% in all reading formats) | 17 (13.2) | 23 (20.2) | 40 (16.5) |
Complementary texts | 8 | 23 | 37 |
Conflicting texts | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Average number of words in all texts | 582.9 | 405.3 | - |
Average number of words in each text | 141.6 | 154.7 | - |
Average number of texts in MTRF | 4.1 | 2.5 | - |
Questions on sets | 64 | 115 | 179 |
MT1 (% on all questions) | 0 (0.0) | 72 (62.6) | 72 |
MT2 | 48 (75.0) | 43 (37.4) | 91 |
MT3 | 16 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 16 |
Evidentiary connection (% on connections) | 51 (77.3) | 41 (78.8) | 91 |
Thematic connection | 15 (22.7) | 1 (1.9) | 16 |
Contextual connection | 0 (0.0) | 10 (19.3) | 10 |