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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1082659
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 29
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-2711
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Comparative Studies on the Roles of Linguistic Knowledge and Sentence Processing Speed in L2 Listening and Reading Comprehension in an EFL Tertiary Setting
Oh, Eunjou
Reading Psychology, v37 n2 p257-285 2016
The present study investigated the relative contributions of vocabulary knowledge, grammar knowledge, and processing speed to second language listening and reading comprehension. Seventy-five Korean university students participated in the study. Results showed the three tested components had a significant portion of shared variance in explaining LC (33.9%) and RC (41.8%) without any unique significant contribution of each component. Two comprehension processes were similar in that vocabulary knowledge in its corresponding presentation mode and parsing best predicted a respective comprehension construct but different in that processing speed was part of the best combination of predictors only in RC.
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Predictor Variables, Language Processing, Listening Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Vocabulary, Grammar, Second Language Learning, College Students, Asians, Foreign Countries, Role, Knowledge Level, English (Second Language), Sentences, Regression (Statistics)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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