ERIC Number: EJ1211060
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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Examining Reading Comprehension Profiles of Grade 5 Monolinguals and English Language Learners through the Lexical Quality Hypothesis Lens
O'Connor, Megan; Geva, Esther; Koh, Poh Wee
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v52 n3 p232-246 May-Jun 2019
This study set out to compare patterns of relationships among phonological skills, orthographic skills, semantic knowledge, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension in English as a first language (EL1) and English language learners (ELL) students and to test the applicability of the lexical quality hypothesis framework. Participants included 94 EL1 and 178 ELL Grade 5 students from diverse home-language backgrounds. Latent profile analyses conducted separately for ELLs and EL1s provided support for the lexical quality hypothesis in both groups, with the emergence of two profiles: A poor comprehenders profile was associated with poor word-reading-related skills (phonological awareness and orthographic processing) and with poor language-related skills (semantic knowledge and, to a lesser extent, listening comprehension). The good comprehenders profile was associated with average or above-average performance across the component skills, demonstrating that good reading comprehension is the result of strong phonological and orthographic processing skills as well as strong semantic and listening comprehension skills. The good and poor comprehenders profiles were highly similar for ELL and EL1 groups. Conversely, poor comprehenders struggled with these same component skills. Implications for assessment and future research are discussed.
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Semantics, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Grade 5, Elementary School Students, Phonological Awareness, Linguistic Theory, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Profiles, Language Skills, Correlation, Comparative Analysis, Native Language, Monolingualism, English, Achievement Tests, Middle School Students, Reading Tests, Intelligence Tests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools; Junior High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wide Range Achievement Test; Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests; Raven Progressive Matrices
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