Reading ability has had a prominent role in English language education in Taiwan. The
comprehension of materials and teacher instruction in English depends on students' English …

Proficiency in a language is strongly related to how well and how many words one knows.
Vocabulary knowledge correlates with reading comprehension and general communication …

Learning to read marks an important milestone in children. Extensive research with
monolingual and bilingual children has demonstrated that language comprehension (LC) …

This study uses a cognitive diagnosis model (CDM) approach to investigate the associations
among specific L2 reading subskills. Participants include 1,203 Year-4 English major …

This meta-analysis synthesized the effects of the English medium instruction and content
and language integrated learning (EMI-CLIL) approach on secondary-level students' …

Chinese immigrant children in North America often experience rapid growth in their English
lexicon, while their heritage language (HL) vocabulary development is characterized by …

We investigated the word‐reading development of adult second‐language learners of
English. A sample of 70 (Mandarin or Cantonese) Chinese‐speaking students enrolled in a …

Despite considerable efforts made to understand the impact that instructional interventions
have upon L2 reading development, we still lack a clear picture of the influence that PA and …

Despite the recognized importance of grammar knowledge to the reading comprehension of
EFL learners, research findings on the relationships among grammar knowledge …

Background Extensive second language (L2) reading research has examined the effects of
comprehension strategies on comprehension performance. Often ignored, however, is the …