TY  - BOOK
AU  - Yuyang Cai
PY  - 2020
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1424-8689
SN  - 9783034329187
TI  - Examining the Interaction among Components of English for Specific Purposes Ability in Reading
T2  - The Triple-Decker Model
DO  - 10.3726/b17063
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1055473
N2  - The book presents the Triple-Decker Model that describes the interactive mechanism among key constituents of English for Specific Purposes Ability (ESPA): language knowledge, strategic competence and background knowledge (nursing knowledge). First, the model reveals that ESPA constituents can be assigned to three groups according to their roles in determining ESPA in reading: automators (language knowledge and background knowledge) that respond most directly, assistants (the cognitive aspect of strategic competence) that come to assist when automators are insufficient or boggle down, and regulators (the metacognitive aspect of strategic competence) that supervise all cognitive activities. Second, the model demonstrates the effect of strategic competence and background knowledge on ESPA fluctuated with the continuous increase of language knowledge. The book also demonstrates the use of two innovative analytical techniques: composite scores based on bifactor multidimensional item response theory for scoring ESP reading tests and the multi-layered-moderation analysis (MLMA) for detecting linear and nonlinear moderation relations.
KW  - Bifactor, Composite scores, Cuboid moderation, Curvilinear relation, Item response theory, Linear moderation, Multi-layered moderation analysis, Strategic competence, Medical English
LA  - English
ER  -