THE EFFECT OF TEST FORMS ON IRANIAN INTERMEDIATE EFL LEARNERS' READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY

The present study aimed to investigate the possible effect of different test forms on the reading comprehension ability among Iranian intermediate EFL learners at institute level. The question this study tried to answer was whether two different test forms: multiple choice and true-false could enhance a better reading comprehension achievement at intermediate level. To answer the question, 50 intermediate EFL learners were selected from among a population of 100 learners studying in the Islamic Azad University, Khorasgan branch via an OPT test score of at least one standard deviation below the mean, and participated in the experiment of the study. They were randomly assigned to two groups. Then, a reading comprehension text was administered to both groups but with different test forms: a multiple - choice to the experimental group and a true-false to the control group. The data of the study were analyzed using the Independent Samples T-test and the results indicated that there was a difference between the two test forms, verifying the higher mean score in the experimental (multiple-choice) group of the study.