Volume 36, No. 1 The perceived and measured difficulty of texts and tasks in L1 and L2

The perceived and measured difficulty of texts and tasks in L1 and L2

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Volume 36, No. 1
contributor.author:
Grotek, Monika Ślęzak-Świat, Agnieszka
date.accessioned:
2024-04-04T20:06:00Z
date.available:
2024-04-04T20:06:00Z
date.copyright:
2024
date.issued:
2024-04-08
description.abstract:
The study investigates the effect of the perception of text and task difficulty on adults’ performance in reading tests in L1 and L2. The relationship between the following variables is studied: (a) readers’ perception of text and task difficulty in L1 and L2 measured in a self-reported post-task questionnaire, (b) the number of correct answers to the reading tasks, (c) time spent on the task in each language, (d) the number and mean duration of fixations on areas of interest assigned to texts and each of four different task instructions as measured by an eye tracker. The study shows that for readers at an intermediate level of L2, the perceived and measured text and task difficulty is higher for L2, which results in longer mean fixation durations and a higher number of fixation counts. Tasks placed lower on the difficulty scale based on the 7-point scale of reading ability by Khalifa and Weir (2009) are prone to be treated by readers as typical of a specific task format and receive less attention, which often leads to incorrect answers.
endingpage:
20
format.extent:
20
identifier.citation:
Grotek, M., & Ślęzak-Świat, A. (2024). The perceived and measured difficulty of texts and tasks in L1 and L2. Reading in a Foreign Language, 36(1). 1-20. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/67459
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/67459
language:
eng
number:
1
publicationname:
Reading in a Foreign Language
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/rfl/item/594
startingpage:
1
subject:
task difficulty, task complexity, text difficulty, L1 and L2 reading, eye-tracking, task formats, cross-linguistic factors
title:
The perceived and measured difficulty of texts and tasks in L1 and L2
type:
Article Text
volume:
36