Components of L2 Reading : Linguistic and Processing Factors in the Reading Test Performances of Japanese EFL Learners Paperback / softback
by Toshihiko Shiotsu
Part of the Studies in Language Testing series
Paperback / softback
Description
The book investigates the explanatory variables for the passage-reading comprehension performance of Japanese EFL learners and their sentence-reading speed.
Following rigorous preliminary studies evaluating the significance of the candidate variables and refining research instruments, a large scale main study was conducted.
Regression analyses indicated that syntactic knowledge was the best predictor of passage-reading ability, while vocabulary breadth also contributed to its prediction.
Subgroup analyses supported the significance of syntactic knowledge for both higher- and lower-ability readers.
Sentence-reading speed was best predicted by the speed of lexical semantic access.
The significance of this speed was also consistent across the group division.
A subsequent exploratory factor analysis and structural equation modelling of the data indicated that the performances of the participants were best explained in terms of two latent factors: one based on careful text processing power and the other on efficiency of lexical semantic access.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:250 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/08/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521157278
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:250 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:05/08/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521157278
