Description

• Title:
  Exploring the importance of vocabulary for English as an additional language learners’ reading comprehension
• Creator:
  Brooks, Gavin;
  Clenton, Jon;
  Fraser, Simon
• Description:
  This exploratory study represents an attempt to investigate the factors that may affect the reading comprehension abilities of English as an additional language (EAL) learners. For this study, we examined a participant group of 31 (25 EAL and 6 first language English) learners studying at an international school in Japan. We assessed the participants according to four factors shown to influence reading comprehension: vocabulary knowledge, word decoding skills, reading fluency, and general linguistic ability. Our results show that differences in vocabulary knowledge show more variance in reading comprehension scores than the other factors examined in this study, highlighting the importance of vocabulary knowledge for reading comprehension. However, other factors such as reading fluency and general linguistic knowledge are also shown to be moderate to strong predictors of reading comprehension. Based on these results, we suggest that EAL learners need targeted language support to enhance academic text comprehension.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Gavin Brooks, Jon Clenton, Simon Fraser
• Date:
  2021.09.13
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Vol. 11 No. 3 (2021): Special issue: Teaching English reading and writing to young learners; 351-376;
  Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching; Tom 11 Nr 3 (2021): Special issue: Teaching English reading and writing to young learners; 351-376;
  2084-1965;
  2083-5205
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/29304/26103
• Subject:
  English as an additional language (EAL);
  vocabulary knowledge;
  general language ability;
  reading comprehension
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt/article/view/29304
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text