Several studies have highlighted that reading comprehension is determined by different
linguistic skills: semantics, syntax, and morphology, in addition to one's own competence in …

Developing literacy and language proficiency in English is essential to thrive in school and
in the workforce in American society. Research on cross-linguistic influences on text-level …

As posited by the simple view of reading, listening comprehension and decoding are
necessary for reading comprehension. Thus, the present study examined subcomponents of …

The purpose of this study was to analyze the contribution of linguistic and psychological
variables in the explanation of the variance associated with reading comprehension in …

Background: The study of the contribution of language and cognitive skills to reading
comprehension is an important goal of current reading research. However, reading …

Reading comprehension is a complex task requiring many underlying skills. Syntactic
awareness and morphological awareness are two such skills that have been shown to be …

Background Reading comprehension is a complex process influenced by many factors.
However, the abilities that are known to influence reading comprehension may not …

Abstract/Resumen The purpose of this action research paper is to disseminate the results of
a 2-month study which focuses on how a student's first language (L1) reading …

This study examines the bidirectional, cross-linguistic associations between language and
word-level reading skills and reading comprehension for 51 students in grades 4 to 6 who …

The aim of this paper is to explore the relative effects of gender and content familiarity on
English as a Foreign Language reading comprehension. Sixty-eight elementary and …