TY - JOUR ID - 114433 TI - An in-depth Insight into EFL University Students’ Cognitive Processes of C-Test and X-Test: A Case of Comparison JO - International Journal of Language Testing JA - IJLT LA - en SN - AU - Ashraf, Hamid AU - Tabatabaee-Yazdi, Mona AU - Samir, Aynaz AD - English Department, Torbat-e-Heydarieh Branch, Islamic Azad University, Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Iran. Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 6 IS - 2 SP - 101 EP - 112 KW - C-test KW - X-test KW - Think Aloud Protocol KW - Cognitive Correlates DO - N2 - The literature on C-test and Cloze test in a second language provides us with few accounts of the real mental processes that test-takers are involved in, which in fact indicate the real nature of what these tests measure. However, the literature leaves researchers with little attention to the cognitive processes involved in X-Tests. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to discover the extent to which the C-Test and the X-Test tap participants’ use of mental strategies. In doing so a C-Test and an X-test were administered to eight subjects who were EFL learners in Mashhad, Iran. They all took part in introspective methods of think-aloud and retroactive interviews throughout the test administration. Think aloud protocol was used to collect the required data. The results showed that both tests were similar to each other regarding mental processes, except in using two strategies that participants applied only for filling out the gaps of the X-Test. Moreover, it appeared that the X-Test was more difficult for the subjects. UR - https://www.ijlt.ir/article_114433.html L1 - https://www.ijlt.ir/article_114433_926b4c8268d580cde4fb9d8c83cbff11.pdf ER -