| Summary: | This master paper tries to analyse the structure of reading as a complicated multiple process, to reveal its components, to study the aspects of reading evaluation, text formation, the levels of reading comprehension, etc.
Reading is one of the most important abilities the man has. At first sight it may seem as a simple and matter-of-course ability, but after studying it thoroughly it becomes clear that it is not true. Not only mechanical decoding of signs (reading), but also reading comprehension is significant to the growing, developing and mature enough personality.
The problem of reading comprehension evaluation has been holding the interest of not only foreign, but also Lithuanian educators and researchers who go deep into this problem, try to carry out various investigations for the last decades. There is not much methodological literature about this topic but all the investigations that have been carried out to date are rather important and informative. United standardized test of reading comprehension has not been prepared yet, so teachers of the Lithuanian language try to create them themselves or to adapt tests prepared by others.
The preparation of the valid test itself is a very complicated and responsible process that requires many efforts. Certain requirements are brought, so there were attempts to study the principles of the test formation during this research as in detail as possible, to check the reliability of the test in the different stages of its... [to full text]
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