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ERIC Number: EJ929393
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 19
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0026-7902
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Contribution of Morphological Awareness to Second-Language Reading Comprehension
Jeon, Eun Hee
Modern Language Journal, v95 n2 p217-235 Sum 2011
This study investigates the contribution of second-language (L2) morphological awareness to foreign language reading comprehension. Tenth graders (n = 188) at a South Korean high school were assessed on 6 reading- and language-related variables: phonological decoding, listening comprehension, vocabulary knowledge, passage-level reading comprehension, metacognitive reading awareness, and morphological awareness. A series of 10 sequential regression analyses were conducted to determine the unique reading variance accounted for by each of the 2 morphological awareness tests included in this study (i.e., the Test of Morphological Structure-Revised [TMS-R], the Verbal Suffix Knowledge Test-Revised [VSKT-R]). The result revealed that morphological awareness was a significant predictor of L2 reading comprehension when other variables were controlled. Of the 2 tests, the TMS-R--a measure that primarily tested derivational morphological knowledge--showed stronger predictability. This provides evidence that morphological awareness, especially derivational morphological knowledge, is an important variable to be considered in explaining L2 reading comprehension among older readers.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 10; High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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