Volume 23, No. 1 Roles of general versus second language (L2) knowledge in L2 reading comprehension

Roles of general versus second language (L2) knowledge in L2 reading comprehension

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Volume 23, No. 1
contributor.author:
Guo, Ying Roehrig, Alysia D.
date.accessioned:
2020-05-22T02:12:36Z
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2020-05-22T02:12:36Z
date.issued:
2011-04
description.abstract:
We examined the roles of metacognitive awareness of reading strategies, syntactic awareness in English, and English vocabulary knowledge in the English reading comprehension of Chinese-speaking university students (n = 278). Results suggested a two-factor model of a General Reading Knowledge factor (metacognitive awareness employed during the English reading process) and a Second Language (L2) Specific Knowledge factor (comprising vocabulary knowledge and syntactic awareness) offered the best fit to the data; 87% of the variance in reading comprehension was explained by the two factors together. L2 Specific Knowledge was a stronger predictor of reading comprehension than metacognitive awareness. A multigroup analysis was conducted using structural equation modeling to compare poor-reader and good-reader groups. The correlation between the L2 Specific Knowledge and metacognitive awareness and their relations to reading comprehension was the same across groups.
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endingpage:
64
identifier.doi:
10125/66659
identifier.issn:
1539-0578
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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/66659
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1
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Methods and Materials
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startingpage:
42
subject:
English as a second language metacognition vocabulary syntax reading comprehension
title:
Roles of general versus second language (L2) knowledge in L2 reading comprehension
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Article
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Text
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23