<p>This book provides the theoretical bases and empirical evidence for establishing an integrated reading-into-writing construct for English Profile at upper levels of proficiency. The study investigates both the contextual features of a range of real life academic writing tasks and reading-into-writing test tasks, and the cognitive processes required to complete the integrated task type successfully. Since its publication, the CEFR has become influential in building a shared understanding of performance levels for foreign language learners but mainly for individual macro skills. A considerable gap remains in the understanding of the integrated reading-into-writing skills, which are so important to the kinds of academic and professional written language use involved at the higher levels of the CEFR.</p>

Defining Integrated Reading-into-Writing Constructs: Evidence at the B2–C1 Interface (English Profile Studies, Series Number 8)

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Chan, Sathena

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Cambridge University Press

<p>This volume describes differing approaches to understanding academic reading ability that have emerged in recent decades and goes on to develop an empirically-grounded framework for validating tests of this skill. The framework is then applied to the IELTS Academic Reading module to investigate a number of different validity perspectives that reflect the socio-cognitive nature of any assessment event. The authors demonstrate how a systematic understanding and application of the framework and its components can help test developers to operationalise their tests so as to fulfill the validity requirements for an academic reading test.</p>

Research and Practice in Assessing Academic Reading: The Case of IELTS (Studies in Language Testing, Series Number 51)

Weir, Cyril J.

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Defining Integrated Reading-into-Writing Constructs: Evidence at the B2–C1 Interface (English Profile Studies, Series Number 8)

Research and Practice in Assessing Academic Reading: The Case of IELTS (Studies in Language Testing, Series Number 51)