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Patterns and Predictors of Reading Comprehension Growth in First and Second Language Readers
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Raudszus, Henriette; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2021
Background: The present study examined patterns and predictors of reading comprehension growth in first language (L1) and second language (L2) readers in the upper grades of primary school. Previous research suggests that L1 and L2 readers differ in their growth trajectories and that differences in language proficiency play a role in this.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Predictor Variables, Elementary School Students
First and Second Language Vocabulary Affect Early Second Language Reading Comprehension Development
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van den Bosch, Liza J.; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2020
The aim of this study was to examine variation in early reading comprehension development for second language (L2) readers compared with first language (L1) readers and to investigate the impact of vocabulary knowledge in their first and second language. Participants were 75 Dutch monolingual children (L1 readers) and 71 Turkish-Dutch bilingual…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Second Language Learning, Native Language
The Role of Semantic Retrieval in Children's Reading Comprehension Development in the Upper Primary Grades
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Nouwens, Suzan; Groen, Margriet A.; Kleemans, Tijs; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
Background: The lexical quality hypothesis proposes that successful reading comprehension requires high quality lexical representations, which allow for efficient retrieval. These retrieval operations have however not been specified. Methods: We investigated the contribution of semantic retrieval to reading comprehension in 119 Dutch children in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semantics, Reading Comprehension, Elementary School Students
The Role of Prosody in Reading Comprehension: Evidence from Poor Comprehenders
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Groen, Margriet A.; Veenendaal, Nathalie J.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2019
Text reading prosody and reading comprehension are related, but both rely on decoding. The aim of the current study was, therefore, to disentangle the contribution of decoding from that of prosody skills. We examined the performance on text reading prosody and speech prosody in fifth-grade children with age-appropriate decoding but weak…
Descriptors: Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Grade 5, Elementary School Students
Individual Variation in Children's Reading Comprehension across Digital Text Types
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Fesel, Sabine S.; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2018
The present study examined children's digital text comprehension of digital text types linear digital text vs hypertext, with or without graphical navigable overviews. We investigated to what extent individual variation in children's comprehension could be explained by lexical quality (word reading efficiency and vocabulary knowledge), cognitive…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Individual Differences, Electronic Learning, Electronic Publishing
Role of Text and Student Characteristics in Real-Time Reading Processes across the Primary Grades
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de Leeuw, Linda; Segers, Eliane; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
Although much is known about beginning readers using behavioural measures, real-time processes are still less clear. The present study examined eye movements (skipping rate, gaze, look back and second-pass duration) as a function of text-related (difficulty and word class) and student-related characteristics (word decoding, reading comprehension,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Eye Movements, Student Characteristics, Decoding (Reading)
What Oral Text Reading Fluency Can Reveal about Reading Comprehension
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Veenendaal, Nathalie J.; Groen, Margriet A.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Research in Reading, 2015
Text reading fluency--the ability to read quickly, accurately and with a natural intonation--has been proposed as a predictor of reading comprehension. In the current study, we examined the role of oral text reading fluency, defined as text reading rate and text reading prosody, as a contributor to reading comprehension outcomes in addition to…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Decoding (Reading)