English reading comprehension skill development was examined in a group of 87 native
Spanish-speakers developing English literacy skills, followed from fourth through fifth grade …

From a developmental framework, relations among list reading fluency, oral and silent
reading fluency, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension might be expected to …

Purpose This study examined the reading achievement growth of children with language
impairments (LI) across the school grades. The authors sought to determine whether …

Considers the skills that are common to reading and listening comprehension and how they
develop. A common basis for competence in written and spoken language comprehension …

This study compared how lexical quality (vocabulary and decoding) and executive control
(working memory and inhibition) predict reading comprehension directly as well as …

Vocabulary knowledge plays a very important role in reading tests and reading research has
consistently found a word knowledge factor on which vocabulary tests load highly. Tests of …

This study compared the reading and oral language skills of children who speak English as
a first (L1) and second language (L2), and examined whether the strength of the relationship …

The influence of vocabulary breadth (number of words known) and vocabulary depth (what
is known about those words) on different aspects of text comprehension was examined in 83 …

A sample of 1,273 4-year-old children were followed for 3 years. The children participated in
1 of 2 comprehension training programs, or in a phonological awareness training program …

Abstract This study of 4-to 6-year-olds had 2 aims: first, to determine how lower level
comprehension skills (receptive vocabulary and grammar) and verbal memory support early …