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ERIC Number: EJ564102
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
Metacognitive and Language-Specific Knowledge in Native and Foreign Language Reading Comprehension: An Empirical Study Among Dutch Students in Grades 6, 8, and 10.
Schoonen, Rob; Hulstijn, Jan; Bossers, Bart
Language Learning, v48 n1 p71-106 Mar 1998
Discusses a study of grades six, eight, and ten students in the Netherlands to whom grade-appropriate measures of reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge were administered in their native language, Dutch, as well as in English. The aim was to explore relative contributions to native language and foreign language reading comprehension of a language-specific predictor (vocabulary knowledge) and of general metacognitive knowledge. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Dutch, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Grade 10, Grade 6, Grade 8, Metacognition, Metalinguistics, Native Language Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Vocabulary Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Netherlands